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かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん

勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍

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    might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army

    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)proverb