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[proverb]
▶ 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
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6. | A 2024-03-26 18:37:22 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | Kanjipedia and jitenon have this expression with a comma. Daijr, sankoku, etc do not. |
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Comments: | https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122 Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms. |
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Diff: | @@ -5 +5 @@ -<keb>勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍</keb> +<keb>勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍</keb> @@ -8 +8,2 @@ -<keb>勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍</keb> +<keb>勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -11 +12 @@ -<reb>かてばかんぐんまければぞくぐん</reb> +<reb>かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん</reb> |
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5. | A 2022-06-08 05:30:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
4. | A* 2022-06-08 04:12:52 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
Comments: | lit can maybe be improved |
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Diff: | @@ -5,0 +6,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍</keb> @@ -15,0 +19 @@ +<gloss g_type="lit">if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army</gloss> |
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3. | A 2018-01-16 10:43:14 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
2. | A* 2017-12-06 12:21:29 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | daij kotowaza-allguide |
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Diff: | @@ -12,2 +12,4 @@ -<misc>&id;</misc> -<gloss>Losers are always in the wrong</gloss> +<misc>&proverb;</misc> +<gloss>might is right</gloss> +<gloss>history is written by the victors</gloss> +<gloss>winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong</gloss> |
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