拍案叫绝

Traditional (Taiwan): 拍案叫絕

pāi'ànjiàojué ㄆㄞ ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

    • lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom) fig. wonderful!
    • amazing!
    • great!

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Telling them apart

拍案叫绝 expresses admiration through an excited gesture and is mostly used for poems, essays, opinions or someone's clever act. 赞不绝口 means praising in words nonstop and can be used of nearly any person or thing.

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