可歌可泣
ho2 go1 ho2 jap1kě gē kě qì
English
- lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
- happy and sad
- inspiring and tragic
- moving and heroic; touching; literally, worth praise worth crying
粵語 — Cantonese
- 非常高尚、動人同悲傷,令人要為之歌頌、流淚
Examples
岳飛嘅故事真係可歌可泣。
Yue Fei's story is really heroic and moving.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk