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二刻拍案惊奇

Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qí

6-character word Traditional 二刻拍案驚奇

What 二刻拍案惊奇 means

1. Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu {凌蒙初|Líng Méng chū}

The characters in 二刻拍案惊奇

• 二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 奇qístrange; odd; weird

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