1 old variant of 野[yě]

1 queen

1 surname Wang

1 prince

2 son of a king

1 Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress

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

2 history is written by the victors

1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims

2 starving people fill the land

1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader

2 scorched earth policy

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