- 锦囊妙计 jǐnnángmiàojì ingenious planA brilliant master plan for handling a crisis; originally a clever strategy written down and sealed in a silk bag by a wise advisor to be opened in an emergency.
- 锦囊佳句 jǐnnángjiājù fine versesExquisite lines of poetry. This phrase references the Tang dynasty poet [[李贺|李賀|li3 he4]], who would carry a brocade bag while riding and drop scraps of paper with inspired verses into it.