1 to wish for

2 to desire

3 hope

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 surname Wang

1 king

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 king

2 magnate

3 person having expert skill in something

1 emperor

2 god

3 Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title

4 see also: 洪秀全 Hóng Xiù quán

1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)

2 history is written by the victors

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

1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)

2 fig. losers are always in the wrong

1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)

1 devil incarnate (idiom)

2 fiend in human form