As Simaqian wrote for him, a defeated general would be included in the "Discipline" and given the courtesy of the emperor which enabled him to become the first failing hero in history.

司马迁在为他立传时，却将一个败军之将列入《本纪》中并给予帝王的礼遇，使他成为历史上的第一失败的英雄。

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When Winston Churchill was defeated in the 1945 general election, his wife, Clementine, told him it was "a blessing in disguise".

当丘吉尔在1945年的大选中落败的时候，他的妻子克莱曼婷告诉他“塞翁失马，焉知非福”。

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The Tigers, said the general, had lost the capability of fighting as a conventional army. “We have defeated them.”

他说“猛虎”已经丧失其作为正规军作战的能力，“我们战胜了它。”

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The monumental image of Mr Hussein is not at all, as adversaries would present him, a beleaguered dictator and defeated general.

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His party was defeated by nationalists in a general election last April.

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Mr Prodi, who defeated Mr Berlusconi in a general election seven years ago, could well return to Italy in 2004 to lead the opposition into the next one.

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