二刻拍案驚奇

二刻拍案惊奇
Èrkè Pāiàn Jīngqí
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初 Líng Méngchū

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 二 èr
  1. two
  2. 2
  3. (Beijing dialect) stupid
2 刻 kè
  1. quarter (hour)
  2. moment
  3. to carve
  4. to engrave
  5. to cut
  6. oppressive
  7. classifier for short time intervals
=3 拍案驚奇 pāiànjīngqí
  1. to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. amazing!
=3 拍案驚奇 pāi'ànjīngqí
  1. (figurative) to be surprised by the excellence (of something)
  2. to be surprised by the excellence (of something)