拍案惊奇

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

CEDICT

书名。明凌濛初作，十八卷。分初刻、二刻，合称为「二拍」。初刻全言人事，二刻则多涉鬼神。

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拍案惊奇 pāi'ànjīngqí

Entry Composition

1 拍案 pāiàn
  1. lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
2 惊奇 jīngqí
  1. to be amazed
  2. to be surprised
  3. to wonder

Containing this entry

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 凌蒙初 Líng Méngchū
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 凌蒙初 Líng Méngchū

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