Mandarin - English meaning

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The standard literary and official form of chinese, spoken by over 730 million people.

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After the fall of the manchu dynasty in 1911, in place of classical chinese, the new republican gov…

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An official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial chinese civil service.

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But civil service mandarins already have their defences prepared if they are called before the inqu…

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A powerful official or senior bureaucrat, especially one perceived as reactionary and secretive.

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A civil service mandarin

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A small flattish citrus fruit with a loose yellow-orange skin.

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Tangerines are actually a type of mandarin orange as are clementines, but here in the us, the names…

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The citrus tree that yields the mandarin.

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Hugh had a problem with all the leaves falling off his mandarin tree.

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A small, sweet type of orange that has a thinner, looser skin

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Peel and segment two mandarins and set aside., i've also had this salad with mandarin orange slices…