初刻拍案惊奇

chū kè pāi àn jīng qí

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Definitions

  1. 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]

Child Words of 初刻拍案惊奇

初
chū

at first

刻
kè

quarter (hour)

拍
pāi

to pat

惊
jīng

to startle

惊奇
jīng qí

to be amazed

奇
jī

odd (number)

奇
qí

strange

拍案
pāi àn

lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)

拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí

to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!

案
àn

(legal) case