拍案 pāiàn

pāiàn verb to slap the table
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc; fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc (CC-CEDICT '拍案'; Guoyu '拍案'; Mathews 1931 '拍案' p. 5)

Contained in

  • 拍案叫绝(拍案叫絕) slap the table and shout with praise; wonderful!; amazing!; great!
  • 拍案而起 to slap the table and stand up; at the end of one's tether; unable to take it any more

Also contained in

初刻拍案惊奇 、 拍案惊奇 、 二刻拍案惊奇

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