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) – might is right; history is written by the... | Shirabe

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勝かてば官軍、負かんぐん、まければ賊軍ぞくぐん

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English · JMdict

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

勝ショウ victory, win, prevail 官カン bureaucrat, the government, organ 軍グン army, force, troops 負フ defeat, negative, - 賊ゾク burglar, rebel, traitor

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