拍案惊奇 — Chinese idiom
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
Traditional: 拍案驚奇
Meaning
- to slap the table in amazement ; wonderful!
- amazing!
Character by character
- 拍pāito clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, r
- 案ànfile, legal case; bench, table
- 惊jīngto frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 奇qístrange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
Idioms sharing a character
- 一拍即合 yī pāi jí hé
- 拍案叫绝 pāi àn jiào jué
- 拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ
- 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
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
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