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pāi àn

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2. fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc

Words Containing 拍案

初刻拍案惊奇
chū kè pāi àn jīng qí

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]

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

拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué

lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!

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[líng méng chū]

拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí

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

Child Words of 拍案

案
àn

(legal) case

拍
pāi

to pat

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