1N-COUNT (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. (新闻用语)政界要人,政府高官 [British]
...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
2N-UNCOUNT 汉语普通话Mandarin is the commonly-used language of China. 汉语普通话
3N-COUNT 柑橘 A mandarin or a mandarin orange is a small orange whose skin comes off easily. 柑橘
4N-COUNT (中国古代的)官僚,大臣 A mandarin was, in former times, an important government official in China. (中国古代的)官僚,大臣