Definitions

1. 1. lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
2. 2. unable to take it any more

Components

• 拍案 pāi àn – lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
• 而 ér – and
• 起 qǐ – to rise