mandarin
(mændərɪn )
Word forms: mandarins
1. countable noun
Journalists sometimes use mandarin to refer to someone who has an important job in the Civil Service. [British]
...Foreign Office mandarins.
...the latest evidence of the mandarins' power over their ministers.
2. uncountable noun
Mandarin is the official language of China.
3. countable noun
A mandarin or a mandarin orange is a small orange whose skin comes off easily.
4. countable noun
A mandarin was, in former times, an important government official in China.
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Collocations:
mandarin segments
Drain the mandarin segments and scatter them over the blancmange layer.
Times, Sunday Times
Pipe swirls of butter icing around the edge and decorate with the reserved mandarin segments and edible stars.
The Sun
Spoon about one third of this into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and set aside, along with eight mandarin segments.
The Sun
Spread half the remaining butter icing over one cake and arrange half the remaining mandarin segments over it.
The Sun
Sandwich the second cake on top and decorate with the leftover icing and mandarin segments.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 内务官员, 中国柑桔
Japanese: 上級官吏 official, マンダリンオレンジ fruit
- subtle mix
- subtle movement
- subtle nuance
- subtle pattern
- subtle pressure
- subtle reference
- subtle reminder
- subtle shade
- subtle shading
- subtle shimmer
- subtle sign
- subtle signal
- subtle sweetness
- subtle texture
- subtle tones
- subtlety
- subtle variation
- subtle way
- subtle wit
- subtly
- subtotal
- sub-total
- subtract
- subtraction
- sub-tropical