幸灾乐祸 (xìng zāi lè huò) — to gloat over someone's misfortune; to take pleasure in another's bad luck
Definition
A four-character idiom for gloating over someone else's misfortune — feeling pleased rather than sympathetic when bad things happen to others. Strongly negative judgment of the speaker's character.
idiom
to gloat over someone's misfortuneto take pleasure in another's bad luck
Examples
- ，幸灾乐祸，。Kàn dào tóng shì shī bài, tā jū rán xìng zāi lè huò, zhēn ràng rén shī wàng.Seeing his colleague fail, he actually gloated — really disappointing.
- 幸灾乐祸，。Bú yào duì bié rén de tòng kǔ xìng zāi lè huò, zhè yàng hěn bú dào dé.Don't gloat over others' pain; it's very immoral.
- ，，幸灾乐祸。Tā kǎo shì méi kǎo hǎo, tā de péng you bú dàn bù ān wèi tā, fǎn ér xìng zāi lè huò.She didn't do well on the exam; instead of comforting her, her friend gloated.
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