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jmdict 1665660 Active (id: 2184574)
官軍 [news2,nf46]
かんぐん [news2,nf46]
1. [n]
▶ government forces
▶ loyalist army
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2417950 勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍 1. 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
  ⇔ see: 1405750 賊軍 1. rebel army



History:
2. A 2022-04-28 20:34:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'm comfortable with both.
1. A* 2022-04-28 05:03:44  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
shinmeikai, oukoku, meikyo, and iwanami all explicitly
contrast ("⇔") this term with 賊軍. Rather than referencing it
directly, perhaps it would be more useful to reference the common
proverb in which they are mentioned? Or maybe reference them
both?
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2417950">勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1405750">賊軍</xref>

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