勝者王侯敗者寇

1. • the winners become princes and marquises the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
2. • history is written by the victors

Character by character

• 勝(shèng)victory
• 者(zhě)(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 王(wáng)surname Wang
• 侯(hóu)surname Hou
• 敗(bài)defeat
• 者(zhě)(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 寇(kòu)invade