拍案 in English pai1 an4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment and so on)
  • metaphorically astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! and so on

Simplified Characters

拍 案

Traditional Characters

拍 案

Pinyin

pai1 an4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

拍pai1to pat 案an4(legal) case