幸災樂禍

See also: 幸灾乐祸

Chinese

		fortunate; lucky	disaster; calamity	music; happy; laugh 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 ㄗㄞ ㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ zoi¹ lok⁶ wo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzāilèhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄞ ㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngzailèhuò
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tsai¹-lê⁴-huo⁴
    • Yale: syìng-dzāi-lè-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtzailehhuoh
    • Palladius: синцзайлэхо (sinczajlɛxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁶ zoi¹ lok⁶ wo⁶
    • Yale: hahng jōi lohk woh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ dzoi¹ lok⁹ wo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ zoi¹ log⁶ wo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² wɔː²²/

Idiom

幸災樂禍

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

   • 對犯錯誤的同志不給幫助，反而幸災樂禍，這就是宗派主義。 [MSC, trad.]
     对犯错误的同志不给帮助，反而幸灾乐祸，这就是宗派主义。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Duì fàn cuòwù de tóngzhì bù gěi bāngzhù, fǎn'ér xìngzāilèhuò, zhè jiù shì zōngpàizhǔyì. [Pinyin]

     To deny them help and, what is worse, to gloat over their mistakes, is sectarianism.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 樂暢／乐畅