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Chinese
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fortunate; lucky
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disaster; calamity
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music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful |
disaster
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| trad. (幸災樂禍)
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幸
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災
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樂
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禍
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| simp. (幸灾乐祸)
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幸
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灾
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乐
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祸
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Etymology
Extracted from two paragraphs in Zuo Zhuan:
慶鄭曰：「背施無親，幸災不仁，貪愛不祥，怒鄰不義。四德皆失，何以守國？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
庆郑曰：「背施无亲，幸灾不仁，贪爱不祥，怒邻不义。四德皆失，何以守国？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Qìngzhèng yuē: “Bèi shī wú qīn, xìng zāi bù rén, tān ài bù xiáng, nù lín bù yì. Sì dé jiē shī, héyǐ shǒu guó?”
- Qing Zheng said, "If you betrayed to other's mercy, you have no family. If you enjoy other's disaster, you have no kindness. If you love only money, you have no fortune. If you anger your neighbours, you have no righteousness. You have already lost these four kinds of virtues. How can you protect the country?"
鄭伯聞之，見虢叔，曰：「寡人聞之，哀樂失時，殃咎必至。今王子頹歌舞不倦，樂禍也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
郑伯闻之，见虢叔，曰：「寡人闻之，哀乐失时，殃咎必至。今王子颓歌舞不倦，乐祸也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Zhèngbó wén zhī, jiàn Guóshū, yuē: “Guǎrén wén zhī, āiyuè shīshí, yāngjiù bì zhì. Jīn wángzǐ tuí gēwǔ bù juàn, yuè huò yě.
- After the Earl of Zheng heard that, he met Guo Shu, and said to him, "I have heard that when the dirge is not performed at the right timing, disasters would come. Now the prince is enjoying singing and dancing performances, that means he is enjoying the disaster."
Pronunciation
Idiom
幸災樂禍
- to take joy in calamity and rejoice the disaster; schadenfreude
對犯錯誤的同志不給幫助，反而幸災樂禍，這就是宗派主義。 [MSC, trad.]
对犯错误的同志不给帮助，反而幸灾乐祸，这就是宗派主义。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Duì fàn cuòwù de tóngzhì bù gěi bāngzhù, fǎn'ér xìngzāilèhuò, zhè jiù shì zōngpàizhǔyì.
- To deny them help and, what is worse, to gloat over their mistakes, is sectarianism.
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