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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
幸灾乐祸
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people…
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
02
Schadenfreude
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 幸灾乐祸.
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Directly after
- 幸灾乐祸是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 幸灾乐祸
What does 幸灾乐祸 mean in Chinese?
幸灾乐祸 (xìngzāilèhuò) means lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people….
How do you pronounce 幸灾乐祸?
幸灾乐祸 is pronounced xìngzāilèhuò.
Is 幸灾乐祸 an HSK word?
幸灾乐祸 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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