imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
trad. 尚方劍
Also written 尚方劍【shàng fāng jiàn】
Characters in this word
3尚
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surname Shang
- Pinyin
- Shàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11512 of 2500
方
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surname Fang
- Pinyin
- Fāng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6309 of 2500
剑
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double-edged sword, CL:口[kou3],把[ba3], classifier for blows of a sword
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 劍
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2582 of 2500