được làm vua, thua làm giặc
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might makes right
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might makes right
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might makes right Discourse & Logic
A saying implying that the winner is always right and the loser wrong.
vi Người xưa có câu được làm vua, thua làm giặc để chỉ kẻ thắng cuộc.
en The ancients had a saying that might makes right to refer to the winner.
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