a play that is both funny and sad; plays of this type Topics Film and theatrec2悲喜剧;悲喜剧作品 an event or a situation that is both funny and sad 悲喜交加的事情(或局面)
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French tragicomédie or Italian tragicomedia, based on Latin tragicocomoedia, from tragicus (see tragic) + comoedia (see comedy).