可歌可泣

kě gē kě qì

lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving

happy and sad; inspiring and tragic

可

kě

(prefix) can; may; able to; -able

歌

gē

variant of 歌[ge1]

可

kě

(prefix) can; may; able to; -able

泣

qì

to sob