勝てば官軍（かてばかんぐん）
Japanese vocabulary
Meaning: might is right; history is written by the victors
Idioms & proverbs 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; 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