叫绝

叫絕

jiàojué

verb #35,750

Meanings

HSK 5

这道菜的味道令人叫绝。

Zhè dào cài de wèidào lìngrén jiàojué.

The flavor of this dish is absolutely praiseworthy.

HSK 7-9

他的表演让观众拍案叫绝。

Tā de biǎoyǎn ràng guānzhòng pāi'àn-jiàojué.

His performance had the audience slapping the table in admiration.

usage

叫绝 almost always appears inside the four-character idiom 拍案叫绝 (slap the table and cry 'superb!'). Standalone 叫绝 is rare - pair it with 令人 or 拍案.

叫 jiào

绝 jué