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勝
か
てば
官
かん
軍
ぐん
Meanings
Expression
Abbreviation
Proverb
1. might is right; history is written by the victors
Kanji used
勝
win
官
bureaucrat
軍
army
Used in: 81
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
勝
か
てば
官
かん
軍
ぐん
、
負
ま
ければ
賊
ぞく
軍
ぐん
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