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(noun) the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China |
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Synonyms: Beijing dialect, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect |
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Related Words: Chinese |
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(noun) a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose-skinned citrus of China |
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Synonyms: mandarin orange |
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Related Words: citrus, citrus fruit, satsuma, tangerine |
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(noun) a high public official of the Chinese Empire |
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Related Words: Chinese |
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(noun) any high government official or bureaucrat |
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Related Words: functionary, official |
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(noun) a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group |
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Related Words: elitist |
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(noun) shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia |
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Synonyms: Citrus reticulata, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree |
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Related Words: citrus, citrus tree, clementine, clementine tree, satsuma, satsuma tree, tangerine, tangerine tree |
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