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katebakangun、makerebazokugun

expression

  1. might is right
  2. history is written by the victors
  3. winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong
  4. if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences