JMdict: 2417950
勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍 【かてばかんぐんまければぞくぐん】
- [exp] might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
Kanji in this word:
| Kanji | Meanings | On Readings | Kun Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 勝 | Victory, Win, Prevail, Excel | ショウ | か.つ, -が.ち, まさ.る, すぐ.れる, かつ |
| 官 | Bureaucrat, The Government, Organ | カン | |
| 軍 | Army, Force, Troops, War, Battle | グン | いくさ |
| 負 | Defeat, Negative, -, Minus, Bear, Owe, Assume A Responsibility | フ | ま.ける, ま.かす, お.う |
| 賊 | Burglar, Rebel, Traitor, Robber | ゾク |