Read Edit View history 尚方宝剑 shàngfāngbǎojiàn imperial sword Origin Definitions Defs 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)