勝てば官軍

かてばかんぐん

Meanings

1. Expression might is right; history is written by the victors See also: 勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍 (かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん).

Kanji

• 勝 win. Read as かつ.
• 官 official. Read as カン.
• 軍 army. Read as グン.

Example sentences

• 勝てば官軍。
  All is fair in love and war.
• 勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍。
  If you win, you are in the right, but if you lose, you are in the wrong.

Words containing 勝てば官軍

• 勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍 (かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん) might is right

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