拍案

pāi àn

C1–C2 Level 7

拍案 (pāi àn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

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

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).