Word Meaning 敗軍の将は兵を語らず

はいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらず haigun no shou ha hei o katarazu

敗軍の将は兵を語らず is read as はいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらず (haigun no shou ha hei o katarazu) and means don't be a sore loser.

Meaning

English

  1. don't be a sore loser
  2. don't make excuses for your failures
  3. a defeated general should not talk of strategy

Reading

Kana

はいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらず

Romaji

haigun no shou ha hei o katarazu

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 64 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 78886 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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敗軍

はいぐん

defeated army

敗残兵

はいざんへい

remnants of a defeated army

敗将

はいしょう

defeated general

軍兵

ぐんぺい

armed forces

将軍

しょうぐん

general

将兵

しょうへい

officers and men

将軍家

しょうぐんけ

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

軍記物語

ぐんきものがたり

war chronicle

軍大将

いくさだいしょう

(military) commander

大将軍

たいしょうぐん

Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)

海軍兵学校

かいぐんへいがっこう

naval academy

兵語

へいご

military term