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Mandarin Official Important Orange Government ˈmændərɪn N Count 可数名词

Mandarin refers to a high-ranking government official, the standard Chinese language, or a type of small orange.

(新闻用语)政界要人,政府高官;汉语普通话;柑橘;(中国古代的)官僚,大臣

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/mæ̱ndərɪn/
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[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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  • ...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 ; NAmE ˈmændərɪn / noun 1 [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 3 Mandarin [uncountable ] the standard form of Chinese, which is the official language of China 普通话 4 ( also ˌmandarin ˈorange ) [countable ] a type of small orange with loose skin that comes off easily 柑橘 mandarin mandarins
        man·da·rin / ˈmændərɪn ; NAmE ˈmændərɪn /
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        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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        mandarin

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        国语(70%),满清官吏(20%),中国官话(10%)
        n.(中国)普通话;国语;官话;满清官吏;柑橘
        adj.紧身马褂的

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