粵

幸hang6災zoi1樂lok6禍wo6

simp幸灾乐祸
hang6 zoi1 lok6 wo6xìng zāi lè huò

English

  1. lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
  2. to get pleasure from another person's misfortune; schadenfreude
  3. Schadenfreude

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 因為其他人嘅不幸而感到開心

Examples

  • 佢咁慘你仲幸災樂禍,真係冇人性!

    He's so unfortunate and you're still mocking him. How cruel can you be!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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