初刻拍案惊奇

chū kè pāi àn jīng qí

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1. Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[líng méng chū]

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Child Words of 初刻拍案惊奇

• 初 初 chū: at first
• 刻 刻 kè: quarter (hour)
• 拍 拍 pāi: to pat
• 惊 惊 jīng: to startle
• 惊奇 惊奇 jīng qí: to be amazed
• 奇 奇 jī: odd (number)
• 奇 奇 qí: strange
• 拍案 拍案 pāi àn: lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
• 拍案惊奇 拍案惊奇 pāi àn jīng qí: to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
• 案 案 àn: (legal) case