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noun
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
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
noun
a high public official of imperial China
noun
a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
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any high government official or bureaucrat
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