拍案惊奇
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!; amazing!
verbidiom
Traditional: 拍案驚奇
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- (verb, idiom) to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
- amazing!
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Related Words
拍案(pāi àn)— lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
→拍案叫绝(pāi àn jiào jué)— lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
→拍案而起(pāi àn ér qǐ)— lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
→二刻拍案惊奇(Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qí)— Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
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