尚方宝剑
Traditional form:
尚方寶劍
Pinyin (reading):
shàngfāngbǎojiàn
Definitions:
- variant of 尚方劍／尚方剑 (shàngfāngjiàn)
- imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
- in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
Characters:
- 尚 - still, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
- 宝 - treasure, jewel; rare, precious
- 剑 - sword, dagger, saber
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