Hold the spear and halberd to fight to the end in order to achieve success.
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成则为王，败则为寇
成则为王，败则为寇
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- ，。
Success makes you a king, failure makes you a bandit.
- 貳形adjective
fig. losers are always in the wrong
- ，。
Success makes a king, failure makes a bandit.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 贝(money; valuable thing)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; punishment)RADICAL
Using a knife to carve rules on valuables establishes the laws that bind everyone together.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))ASSOCIATIVE
A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 貝(money; wealth)RADICAL
- 攵(hand holding stick; beat)ASSOCIATIVE
When property is beaten and destroyed into pieces, it represents failure.
成则为王，败则为寇
Traditional成則為王，敗則為寇
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- ，。
Success makes you a king, failure makes you a bandit.
- 貳形adjective
fig. losers are always in the wrong
- ，。
Success makes a king, failure makes a bandit.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 贝(money; valuable thing)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; punishment)RADICAL
Using a knife to carve rules on valuables establishes the laws that bind everyone together.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 王(king; sovereign (represented as three realms—heaven, humanity, earth—connected by a vertical line))ASSOCIATIVE
A king is the only person who connects all three levels: heaven, people, and earth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 貝(money; wealth)RADICAL
- 攵(hand holding stick; beat)ASSOCIATIVE
When property is beaten and destroyed into pieces, it represents failure.
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