勝者王侯敗者寇

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

victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)

winner

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

aristocracy

surname Hou

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official

to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

old variant of 寇[kou4]

old variant of 寇[kou4]

to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy