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拍案

pāi àn

2-character word

What 拍案 means

1. lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
2. fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc

The characters in 拍案

• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record

Words starting with 拍案

• 拍案叫绝pāi àn jiào juélit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!; amazing!; great!
• 拍案而起pāi àn ér qǐ(idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
• 拍案惊奇pāi àn jīng qíto slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!; amazing!

Words containing 拍案

• 初刻拍案惊奇Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qíSlapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by…
• 二刻拍案惊奇Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qíSlapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by…

Sounds the same

Read pāi àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拍岸to beat against the shore (of waves)