Many posts ago there was a discussion on
the term "上方宝剑". At that time I vaguely recalled the existence of a phrase that was quite popular before but which does not seem to be used much nowadays.
I could not recall what that term was. You know that irritating feeling that you have when you have a word in the back of your mind which you couldn't get at ! Well, today while I was reading my own response to this "Education: passport to etc...", the term "Carte Blanche" pops back up to my consciousness. I guess it's a matter of " word association".
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