拍案叫绝 — Chinese idiom
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
Traditional: 拍案叫絕
Meaning
- lit. slap the table and shout with praise ; fig. wonderful!
- amazing!
- great!
Character by character
- 拍pāito clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, r
- 案ànfile, legal case; bench, table
- 叫jiàocry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一拍即合 yī pāi jí hé
- 拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ
- 拍案惊奇 pāi àn jīng qí
- 溜须拍马 liū xū pāi mǎ
- 堆案盈几 duī àn yíng jī
- 案兵束甲 àn bīng shù jiǎ
- 案甲休兵 àn jiǎ xiū bīng
- 举案齐眉 jǔ àn qí méi
- 叫苦不迭 jiào kǔ bu dié
- 叫苦连天 jiào kǔ lián tiān
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