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拍案惊奇

pāi àn jīng qí

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Definitions

  1. 1. to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2. amazing!

Words Containing 拍案惊奇

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]

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]

Child Words of 拍案惊奇

奇
jī

odd (number)

拍
pāi

to pat

案
àn

(legal) case

惊
jīng

to startle

拍案
pāi àn

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

奇
qí

strange

惊奇
jīng qí

to be amazed