尚方劍 shàng fāng jiàn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

尚 shàng
HSK 5
still, yet; even; fairly, rather
方 fāng
HSK 3
a square, rectangle; a region; local
劍 jiàn sword, dagger, saber