猴王
Hóu wáng
Pinyin
Definition
猴王
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- Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
大水冲了龙王庙
- 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
成则为王,败则为寇
- 1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- 2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
擒贼擒王
- 1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
杀鸡儆猴
- 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- 2 fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
- 3 pour encourager les autres