粵

可ho2歌go1可ho2泣jap1

ho2 go1 ho2 jap1kě gē kě qì

English

  1. lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
  2. happy and sad
  3. inspiring and tragic
  4. moving and heroic; touching; literally, worth praise worth crying

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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