Word information
Simplified成王败寇
Traditional成王敗寇
Pinyinchéng wáng bài kòu
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Chinese word dictionary
成王败寇
chéng wáng bài kòu · see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
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