尚方宝剑 shàngfāngbǎojiàn imperial sword Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàngfāngbǎojiàn imperial sword the emperor's sword, used in history and fiction to grant a high-ranking official the power to act first and report later (execute summary justice) special mandate a metaphor for delegated power or special permission given by a superior that allows an official to act with full authority Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.383 per million Cross-References Variant of 尚方剑 shàngfāngjiàn上方宝剑 shàngfāngbǎojiànSynonym 势剑 shìjiàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàngfāngbǎojiàn imperial sword the emperor's sword, used in history and fiction to grant a high-ranking official the power to act first and report later (execute summary justice) special mandate a metaphor for delegated power or special permission given by a superior that allows an official to act with full authority Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.383 per million Cross-References Variant of 尚方剑 shàngfāngjiàn上方宝剑 shàngfāngbǎojiànSynonym 势剑 shìjiàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)