初刻拍案驚奇

初刻拍案惊奇
Chūkè Pāiàn Jīngqí
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初 Líng Méngchū

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 初 chū
  1. at first
  2. (at the) beginning
  3. first
  4. junior
  5. basic
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)