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Definition(s) for: 幸灾乐祸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò - lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
- Schadenfreude

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,248 27,882 17,044

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xìng- surname Xing
xìng- fortunate
- lucky
xìng- trusted
- intimate
- (of the emperor) to visit
- variant of 幸[xing4]
zāi- disaster; calamity
zāi- variant of 災|灾[zai1]
zāi- old variant of 災|灾[zai1]
- surname Le
yuè- surname Yue
lào- used in place names
- happy
- cheerful
- to laugh
yuè- music
huò- old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
huò- disaster
- misfortune
- calamity

Other Words Containing 幸灾乐祸

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
幸灾乐祸 - - 13,248 27,882 17,044