Idioms describing people’s jokes

The idiom used to describe people’s jokes is: gloating

To take pleasure in someone else’s misfortune, Pinyin: xìng zāi lè huò

Interpretation: Not only does one not sympathize with other people’s misfortunes, but they feel sorry for them Happy.

Source: Yan Zhitui's "Yan's Family Instructions: Commandments to Soldiers" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties: "If you live in a peaceful world, look at the palace, take pleasure in others' misfortunes, and be the first to be in trouble;...this is the root of the genocide. "

Translation: If you are in an era of peace and prosperity, you look sideways at the emperor's harem, you are not sympathetic to other people's misfortunes, but you are happy, and you are the first to rebel and fight... These are all crimes. The root of genocide.

Synonyms: Adding insult to injury, rejoicing in misfortune

Afterword: Watching the fire from the other side; watching the capsized ship from the Yellow Crane Tower

Usage: as predicate, attributive, adverbial; referring to people Lack of goodwill.

Example: We should not take a gloating attitude towards the shortcomings and mistakes of our classmates.

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Antonyms for schadenfreude: the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, the same person is in trouble

1. The rabbit dies and the fox is sad

Pinyin: tù sǐ hú bēi

Interpretation: The original meaning is that the rabbit and the fox formed an alliance to fight against the hunter. The rabbit died and the fox was sad because of the loss of his ally. To express sadness over the death or misfortune of an ally.

Source: Yuan Mingshi's "Making Kuai Tong": "Today, Kuai Che is cooked in oil, which is the so-called rabbit's death and the fox is sad."

Translation: Today, Kuai Che is fried in oil, which is the so-called rabbit's death and the fox is sad. Make allies sad.

Usage: conjunction; used as predicate, object, clause.

Synonyms: things hurt their own kind, foxes die and rabbits cry

Antonyms: gloating over misfortunes

2. Feeling sorry for each other

Pinyin: tóng bìng xiāng lián

Explanation: It is a metaphor for sympathy for each other because of the same experience or pain. pity: pity, sympathy.

Source: Han Dynasty Zhao Ye's "Wuyue Spring and Autumn Period·Helu Nei Zhuan": "Don't you hear the song on the river? We have sympathy for each other in the same disease, and help each other in the same sorrow."

Translation: You Haven’t you heard the folk saying? People with the same illness should have compassion for each other, and people with the same worries should help each other.

Example: This pair of friends who share the same disease always share joys and sorrows, and their relationship is very deep.

Usage: as predicate and attributive; used for people.

Synonyms: sharing the same boat, helping each other, adversity and suffering

Antonyms: sharing the same bed, taking pleasure in others' misfortunes