lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
trad. 幸災樂禍
Also written 幸災樂禍【xìng zāi lè huò】
Characters in this word
4幸
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trusted, intimate, (of the emperor) to visit, variant of 幸[xing4]
- Pinyin
- xìng
- Traditional
- 倖
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 41320 of 2500
灾
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disaster; calamity
- Pinyin
- zāi
- Traditional
- 災
- Strokes
- 7
乐
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surname Le
- Pinyin
- Lè
- Traditional
- 樂
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7672 of 2500
祸
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old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
- Pinyin
- huò
- Traditional
- 旤
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 12906 of 2500