悲歌当哭

to sing instead of weep (idiom)

(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)

song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] / to sing

variant of 歌[ge1]

to cry / to weep

to cry; to weep

sad / sadness / sorrow / grief

sad melody / stirring strains / elegy / dirge / threnody / sing with solemn fervor

to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody