拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
Pinyin

Definition

拍案惊奇
 - 
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. amazing!

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
shén qí
  1. 1 magical
  2. 2 mystical
  3. 3 miraculous
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
chū qí
  1. 1 extraordinary
  2. 2 exceptional
  3. 3 unusual
kǎ bù qí nuò
  1. 1 cappuccino (loanword)
hé pāi
  1. 1 in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
  2. 2 to keep in step with
  3. 3 fig. to cooperate
hā shì qí
  1. 1 husky (sled dog)
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
  1. 1 odd (number)
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
qí huàn
  1. 1 fantasy (fiction)
qí cái
  1. 1 genius
qí tè
  1. 1 peculiar
  2. 2 unusual
  3. 3 queer

Idioms (20)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!

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