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幸災樂禍

简 幸灾乐祸 · 繁 幸災樂禍
Mandarin · pinyin xìng zāi lè huò

Meanings

  1. (idiom) to take pleasure in another's misfortune
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Characters in this entry

幸
xìng · luck(ily), favor, fortunately
災
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樂
lè · happy, glad; enjoyable; music
禍
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灾
zāi · calamity, disaster, catastrophe
乐
lè · happy, glad; enjoyable; music
祸
huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster
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Mandarin tones

4–1–4–4 · xing4 zai1 le4 huo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hang6 zoi1 lok6 wo6

Cantonese word readings for 幸災樂禍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hang6 zoi1 lok6 wo6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to take joy in calamity and rejoice the disaster; schadenfreude

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