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Definitions
1. to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
2. amazing!
Components
拍案
pāi àn
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lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
惊奇
jīng qí
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to be amazed
Related Words
初刻拍案惊奇
Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí
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PN:Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初
二刻拍案惊奇
Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qí
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PN:Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初