勝かてば官かん軍ぐん、負まければ賊ぞく軍ぐん
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; (lit.) if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
Kanji used
win
bureaucrat
army
lose to (something)
bandit
Composed of
might is right; history is written by the victors
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)