- 尚方宝剑
- shàngfāngbǎojiànthe emperor's sword (the bearer of which is invested with discretionary powers)—a symbol of delegated power* * *shang4 fang1 bao3 jian4variant of 尚方劍, 尚方剑, imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers), in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill* * *尚方宝剑shàng fāng bǎo jiàn见 “上方宝剑”* * *
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.