幸災樂禍

See also: 幸灾乐祸

Chinese

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|- ! !fortunate; lucky !disaster; calamity

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music; happy; laugh; cheerful

!disaster |- !trad. (幸災樂禍) | 幸 | 災 | 樂 | 禍 |- !simp. (幸灾乐祸) | 幸 | 灾 | 乐 | 祸 |}

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngzāilèhuò

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄞㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ zoi¹ lok⁶ wo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìngzāilèhuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄞㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtzailehhuoh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁶ zoi¹ lok⁶ wo⁶
  - Yale: hahng jōi lohk woh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ dzoi¹ lok⁹ wo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ zoi¹ log⁶ wo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² wɔː²²/

Idiom

幸災樂禍

to take joy in calamity and rejoice the disaster; schadenfreude

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