初刻拍案惊奇
Traditional form:
初刻拍案驚奇
Pinyin (reading):
Chūkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí
Definitions:
- Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初／凌蒙初 ( Líng Méngchū)
Characters:
- 初 - beginning, initial, primary
- 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
- 拍 - to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm
- 案 - file, legal case; bench, table
- 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
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