悲歌当哭 — Chinese idiom
悲歌当哭
bēi gē dàng kū
Traditional: 悲歌當哭
Meaning
- to sing instead of weep
Character by character
- 悲bēisorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
- 歌gēsong, lyrics; to sing, to chant
- 当dàngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
- 哭kūto weep, to cry, to wail
Idioms sharing a character
- 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
- 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
- 悲不自胜 bēi bù zì shèng
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
- 悲声载道 bēi shēng zài dào
- 慈悲为本 cí bēi wéi běn
- 乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi
- 转悲为喜 zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ
- 可歌可泣 kě gē kě qì
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