粵

勝sing3者ze2王wong4侯hau4敗baai6者ze2寇kau3

simp胜者王侯败者寇
sing3 ze2 wong4 hau4 baai6 ze2 kau3inferredshèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu

English

  1. the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. history is written by the victors

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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