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  • to invade
  • to plunder
  • bandit
  • foe
  • enemy
Trad. 宼
  • old variant of 寇[kou4]
Trad. 㓂
  • old variant of 寇[kou4]
  • roving bandit
  • rebel band
Trad. 寇準
  • Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
  • two-character surname Sikou
  • minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
  • Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
Trad. 窮寇
  • cornered enemy
Trad. 落草為寇
  • (idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
Trad. 成王敗寇
  • see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
Trad. 豆寇年華
  • erroneous variant of 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华[dou4 kou4 nian2 hua2]
Trad. 勝者王侯敗者寇
  • the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  • history is written by the victors
Trad. 成則為王,敗則為寇
  • lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
  • fig. losers are always in the wrong

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