尚方剑 shàng fāng jiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
  2. 2. in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

Characters

Character Meaning
still; yet; to value
method; direction; side
double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword