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勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍 [sK]
かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん
1. [exp] [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
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1665660 官軍【かんぐん】 1. government forces; loyalist army
  ⇐ see: 1405750 賊軍【ぞくぐん】 1. rebel army
  ⇐ see: 2854929 勝てば官軍【かてばかんぐん】 1. might is right; history is written by the victors



History:
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.
  Comments:
https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122
Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms.
  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>
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
  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>
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
  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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