| 胜者王侯败者寇 |
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu |
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors |
| 胜 |
shèng |
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) |
| 胜者 |
shèng zhě |
winner |
| 者 |
zhě |
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this |
| 王 |
Wáng |
surname Wang |
| 王 |
wáng |
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great |
| 王 |
wàng |
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) |
| 王侯 |
wáng hóu |
aristocracy |
| 侯 |
Hóu |
surname Hou |
| 侯 |
hóu |
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official |
| 侯 |
hòu |
used in 闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian) |
| 败 |
bài |
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither |
| 者 |
zhě |
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this |
| 寇 |
kòu |
old variant of 寇 |
| 寇 |
kòu |
old variant of 寇 |
| 寇 |
kòu |
to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy |