可歌可泣

kěgēkěqì
  1. lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
  2. happy and sad
  3. inspiring and tragic

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 可 kě
  1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
  2. to approve; to permit
  3. to suit
  4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
  5. but; however
=2 歌 gē (bound form) to sing

classifiers: 首, 支
=2 歌 gē variant of 歌 gē
3 可 kě
  1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
  2. to approve; to permit
  3. to suit
  4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
  5. but; however
4 泣 qì to sob