- lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
- happy and sad
- inspiring and tragic
Characters
- 可 (可): (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- 歌 (歌): song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]; to sing
- 可 (可): (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- 泣 (泣): to sob
Resources
- Wiktionary: 可歌可泣
- MDBG: 可歌可泣
- Examples with 可歌可泣 on Tatoeba
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