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(also Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese)mass noun The standard literary and official form of Chinese, spoken by over 730 million people.‘After the fall of the Manchu dynasty in 1911, in place of Classical Chinese, the new Republican government made the most widely spoken dialect, Mandarin Chinese, the official written language.’- ‘This question is significant because Ruan built her career in the era of silent films, and she herself does not even speak very standard Mandarin Chinese.’
- ‘Influenced by Han culture, most Yao people can speak and write Mandarin Chinese.’
- ‘Most of the population speaks Mandarin Chinese, the national language.’
- ‘In 1989, she went on to study Mandarin Chinese language and Chinese philosophy in Beijing where she stayed and worked for 7 years in news agencies and Embassies.’
- ‘In fact the most widely-spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese, which is spoken by twice as many people as English.’
- ‘At present, the device is expected to support English, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.’
- ‘Some West Coast and Hawaiian galleries take additional steps to ensure success with this market by hiring multilingual consultants who speak Japanese, Cantonese or Mandarin Chinese.’
- ‘Every exchange had to be translated into Mandarin Chinese for each defendant by an interpreter in the dock.’
- ‘It also says that Mandarin Chinese is the language with the most native speakers in the world.’
- ‘Hindi, with 366 million speakers, is second only to Mandarin Chinese.’
- ‘Northern China uses Mandarin Chinese, which is the official language of the government.’
- ‘Despite the fact that these books were written in Mandarin Chinese, patrons still took the books home as souvenirs.’
- ‘They have been published in 12 different languages, most recently Mandarin Chinese.’
- ‘Across the office, a couple of guys were discussing English, Indonesian and Mandarin Chinese in the morning.’
- ‘More than a billion people speak Mandarin Chinese, while half as many speak English.’
- ‘He grew up trilingual, in English, Mandarin Chinese and Malay.’
- ‘I learned at least some English, some Korean, and some Mandarin Chinese when I was quite a bit younger than I am now, in fact.’
- ‘New studies suggest English will increasingly be used as the language of science, while Mandarin Chinese will be the next must-learn language.’
- ‘Although Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers, English is number one in the world as a second, third or fourth foreign language.’
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2An official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial Chinese civil service.
‘But civil service mandarins already have their defences prepared if they are called before the inquiry to be headed by Lord Fraser.’- ‘A French philosopher had more in common with a Chinese mandarin than with his barbaric Frankish ancestors in the Dark Ages.’
- ‘And the spoken Chinese uttered by the Qing emperors' officials and the court mandarins in Beijing was none other than the Beijing dialect.’
- ‘Sent to China to convert the heathens, Ricci began by dressing like a Chinese mandarin and learning the Chinese language until he was proficient in it.’
- ‘It was the South, on the Yangtze where Chinese culture was held to thrive - where the mandarins and the literati ruled, not the court Eunuchs.’
- ‘Yin Zang Yan, a stereotypical Fu Manchu style Chinese man, dressed as a mandarin, glances around magisterially.’
- ‘Yellow robes worn by mandarins inspired the 19th-century English name for the loose-skinned mandarin oranges.’
magnate, tycoon, VIP, notable, notability, personage, baron, captain, king, lord, grandee, mandarin, nabob- 2.1as modifier (of clothing) characteristic of a former Chinese mandarin.
‘a red-buttoned mandarin cap’
- ‘But we had come to partake, and we were ushered into the Chrysanthemum Palace to be met by smiling waiters in red mandarin coats.’
- ‘O'Neill, dapper in his mandarin suit and collarless white shirt, does not look like the rushing blur of today's press men.’
- ‘The refined and leisured lifestyle from the 1920s and 1930s can be relived when viewers appreciate the varied designs of their mandarin gowns and the way they made themselves up.’
- ‘The mandarin shirt looks good on a select few, but it is not the classic choice if you're looking for long-term use.’
- 2.2A porcelain ornament consisting of a nodding figure in traditional Chinese costume.
- ‘She purchased, at an exorbitant price, a Mandarin and a Jos, that were the envy of all the female connoisseurs.’
- 2.3mass noun Porcelain decorated with Chinese figures dressed as mandarins.
‘I hunkered in the basement, next to a row of what appeared to be giant mandarin chamber pots.’
- ‘The marks by which the Mandarin porcelain may be known are not decidedly agreed on.’
- ‘To this period belongs the class of Chinese porcelain known as "Mandarin".’
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3A powerful official or senior bureaucrat, especially one perceived as reactionary and secretive.
‘a civil service mandarin’- ‘To many British people, the idea of a mandarin or senior civil servant will forever be associated with Sir Humphrey Appleby.’
- ‘One minister did so, and claims to have been told by a senior mandarin that it was ‘disconcerting’ for officials to find their minister talking independently to outside sources of advice.’
- ‘On front after front, bureaucratic mandarins are deciding how everyday Europeans will live.’
- ‘But it takes more than geographic proximity to get senior mandarins communicating in a meaningful and productive way.’
- ‘Once little more than appointed mandarins, party whips in Congress are now elected by caucus members and imbued with the power to make or break issues that define a party at the national level.’
- ‘They rely on the servants of the state to provide not merely information but also judgment; ministers rely on mandarins to such an extent that it is impossible to resist their judgements.’
- ‘How can Ministers, mandarins, and minions be kept away from cricket matches meant for the paying public?’
- ‘The mandarin is more likely to exercise bureaucratic discretion wisely, with an eye to morality and larger political consequences, than a technocrat afflicted with tunnel vision.’
- ‘Clarke, whose father was a Whitehall mandarin, is known to believe that ministers, not civil servants, should be the mouthpiece for government policy.’
- ‘Politicians, insisted Yes Minister's legendary mandarin, Sir Humphrey Appleby, simply cannot be trusted.’
- ‘‘We have several officers whose jobs are entirely devoted to crunching numbers for mandarins in Whitehall,’ he growls.’
- ‘The treasury mandarins and their minions are working overtime.’
- ‘Few today, except perhaps the mandarins in the Treasury, would subscribe to the view that national wealth should be defined exclusively in terms of gold reserves.’
- ‘Given its concern at what is taking place in Ireland, why did the commission mandarins have little or nothing of comfort to say when the adverse effects of the euro's decline was felt here?’
- ‘The Treasury mandarins have always been against tax spending on the health service.’
- ‘Traditionally, senior positions in the civil service have been reserved for long-serving mandarins.’
- ‘Does it not occur to these office-bound mandarins that many white and middle class people balk at being faced with fells, lakes and dry stone walls?’
- ‘Who can confidently doubt, however, that Home Office mandarins would eventually like to roll out the scheme and make carrying a card compulsory?’
- ‘Inexperience in dealing with the wilier mandarins of the civil service has also seen more than a few promising careers come unstuck.’
- ‘‘The third party was a mandarin at the Foreign Office,’ Mr Lee recalled, sitting in a high-backed armchair in his flat off Bootham.’
official, administrator, office-holder, office-bearer, civil servant, public servant, government servant, minister, functionary, appointee, apparatchik, mandarin
Origin
Late 16th century (denoting a Chinese official): from Portuguese mandarim, via Malay from Hindi mantrī ‘counsellor’.
mandarin2
(also mandarine, mandarin orange)
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1A small flattish citrus fruit with a loose yellow-orange skin.
‘Tangerines are actually a type of mandarin orange as are clementines, but here in the US, the names are used interchangeably.’- ‘In addition to my astounding mental powers, my most notable physical accomplishment is that I can put an entire mandarin orange in my mouth all in one go.’
- ‘The mandarin orange was fine, but the peach and the pear, due to the firmness of the fruit, would get hung up on the equipment and weren't evenly distributed into the product.’
- ‘‘In the winter, we are very heavy on the citrus, such as mandarin orange,’ reports Em Robinson, restaurant manager.’
- ‘This category included lemons, oranges, mandarins, tangelos, and grapefruits, with lemons being the most common type.’
- ‘Wholesaler David Whiteman says most of them have plenty of mandarins, navel oranges and lemons in cold storage.’
- ‘Mike and Diane Madison sell their olive oil and dried lavender at the farmers' market, as well as apricots and Clementine mandarins.’
- ‘The idea was that no one can really tell the difference between a clementine, a satsuma and a mandarin.’
- ‘I like: mandarines, Fuji apples, mustard, Brie, halloumi with lemon, honey, cumin, dark bitter chocolate, peppermint tea.’
- ‘Apparently, this is because they haven't found a way to make seedless mandarins, so people won't eat them.’
- ‘Different varieties include the sweet orange, the sour orange, and the mandarin orange, or tangerine.’
- ‘Blend the mandarines in an electric blender until smooth.’
- ‘Bananas, oranges and mandarines are normally eaten one or two at a time.’
- ‘The mandarin orange is considered a native of south-eastern Asia and the Philippines.’
- ‘Delivered canned mandarin oranges shall conform in every respect to the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.’
- ‘I asked my daughter-in-law if there was anything special we needed to stock up on and she revealed she's been craving mandarin oranges for the last three weeks.’
- ‘Peel and filet the orange or sieve the mandarines, catching the juice in a bowl.’
- ‘One study found eating mandarins cut the risk of liver disease, hardened arteries and insulin resistance.’
- ‘Chinese mandarins are larger and contain fewer seeds than most of the Mediterranean varieties.’
- ‘In Chinese cuisine, the peel of selected, fragrant mandarins is dried and used as a flavouring.’
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2The citrus tree that yields the mandarin.
Citrus reticulata, family Rutaceae
‘Hugh had a problem with all the leaves falling off his mandarin tree.’- ‘At last the fruits are ripe on the mandarin tree and you squeeze your first delicious juice from them for breakfast.’
- ‘The leaves of the ‘Imperial’ are quite slender and distinguish it from most other mandarins.’
Origin
Late 18th century from French mandarine; perhaps related to mandarin, the colour of the fruit being likened to the official's yellow robes.
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