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幸災樂禍
  hang6 zoi1 lok6 wo6   jyutping
  xing4 zai1 le4 huo4   pinyin
schadenfreude; gloat over other's misfortune; be gratified by other's misery.

Idiom
adjectiveAdditional PoS: verb

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 647,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
幸災樂禍 / 幸灾乐祸

This word has been viewed 1992 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 17th Oct 2004 10:05 and last edited on 17th Nov 2013 01:33
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Characters in this word:

 hang6  -  lucky; fortunate; good fortune; rejoice
 zoi1  -  calamity; disaster; catastrophe
 lok6 ngok6 ngaau6  -  joy; music; be fond of
 wo6  -  misfortune; disaster; calamity
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