[N-COUNT 可数名词](新闻用语)政界要人,政府高官 Journalists sometimes use mandarin to refer to someone who has an important job in the Civil Service.
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[BRIT 英]
...Foreign Office mandarins.
外交部高官
...the latest evidence of the mandarins' power over their ministers.
证明政府高官对部长们的影响力的最新证据
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]汉语普通话Mandarin is the commonly-used language of China.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]柑橘 A mandarin or a mandarin orange is a small orange whose skin comes off easily.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](中国古代的)官僚,大臣 A mandarin was, in former times, an important government official in China.
Oxford
man·da·rin/ˈmændərɪn; NAmEˈmændərɪn/noun1[countable ]a powerful official of high rank, especially in the civil service政界要员;(尤指)内务官员SYN
bureaucrat
2[countable ]a government official of high rank in China in the past (旧时)中国政府高级官吏3Mandarin[uncountable ]the standard form of Chinese, which is the official language of China 普通话4(alsoˌmandarin ˈorange)[countable ]a type of small orange with loose skin that comes off easily 柑橘mandarinmandarinsman·da·rin/ˈmændərɪn; NAmEˈmændərɪn/
LDC
mandarinman·da·rin /ˈmændərɪn/ noun [countable]
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1 (also ˌmandarin ˈorange) a kind of small orange with skin that is easy to remove2British English an important government official who people think has too much power: Civil Service mandarins3an important government official in the former Chinese empire
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