拍案
pāi àn
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拍
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)
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
图案
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍客
pāi kè
  1. 1 citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
拍手
pāi shǒu
  1. 1 to clap one's hands
拍打
pāi da
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to slap
  3. 3 (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
拍片
pāi piàn
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to make a film
拍卖
pāi mài
  1. 1 to auction
  2. 2 auction sale
  3. 3 to sell at a reduced price
提案
tí àn
  1. 1 proposal
  2. 2 draft resolution
  3. 3 motion (to be debated)
  4. 4 to propose a bill
  5. 5 to make a proposal
抢劫案
qiǎng jié àn
  1. 1 robbery
  2. 2 holdup

Idioms (10)

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
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
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!
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
举案齐眉
jǔ àn qí méi
  1. 1 lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage

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