可歌可泣 — Chinese idiom
可歌可泣
kě gē kě qì
Meaning
- lit. you can sing or you can cry ; fig. deeply moving
- happy and sad
- inspiring and tragic
Character by character
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 歌gēsong, lyrics; to sing, to chant
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 泣qìto cry, to sob, to weep
Idioms sharing a character
- 一蹴可几 yī cù kě jī
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 不可胜言 bù kě shèng yán
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不可思议 bù kě sī yì
- 不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù
- 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shi
- 不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ
- 不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù
- 不可端倪 bù kě duān ní
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