幸災樂禍 xìng zāi lè huò

take pleasure in others' bad luck

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
  2. 2. Schadenfreude

Characters

Character Meaning
幸 xìng HSK 4
fortunate; lucky; surname Xing
災 zāi
disaster; calamity; variant of 災zāi
樂 lè
happy; cheerful; to laugh
禍 huò
misfortune; disaster; calamity