幸灾乐祸 — Chinese idiom
幸灾乐祸
xìng zāi lè huò
Traditional: 幸災樂禍
Meaning
- to take pleasure in another's misfortune
Character by character
- 幸xìngfavor, fortune, luck; surname
- 灾zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity
- 乐lècheerful, happy, laughing; music
- 祸huòmisfortune, disaster, calamity
Idioms sharing a character
- 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng
- 回禄之灾 Huí lù zhī zāi
- 天灾人祸 tiān zāi rén huò
- 抢险救灾 qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
- 泛滥成灾 fàn làn chéng zāi
- 灭顶之灾 miè dǐng zhī zāi
- 破财免灾 pò cái miǎn zāi
- 血光之灾 xuè guāng zhī zāi
- 何乐不为 hé lè bù wéi
- 助人为乐 zhù rén wéi lè
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