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• mandarin — I. noun Etymology: Portuguese mandarim, from Malay mĕntĕri, from Sanskrit mantrin counselor, from mantra counsel more at mantra Date: 1589 1. a. a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades b. (1) a pedantic official (2) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mandarin — [ mɑ̃darɛ̃ ] n. m. • 1581; port. mandarim, altér. d apr. mandar « mander, ordonner », du malais mantari « conseiller » 1 ♦ Hist. Haut fonctionnaire de l empire chinois, coréen. Les mandarins étaient généralement recrutés par concours parmi les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• The Mandarin's Son — ( Сын мандарина in Cyrillic; Syn mandarina in transliteration) is comic opera in one act by César Cui, composed in 1859. The libretto, which includes spoken dialogue, was written by V.A. Krylov.No small influence for this work came from the… …   Wikipedia

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• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

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• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Chinese languages — or Sinitic languages Family of languages comprising one of the two branches of Sino Tibetan. They are spoken by about 95% of the inhabitants of China and by many communities of Chinese immigrants elsewhere. Linguists regard the major dialect… …   Universalium

• CHINE (L’Empire du Milieu) - Littérature — Les origines de la littérature chinoise sont à peu près contemporaines de celles des deux autres littératures dont se nourrit encore la tradition du monde civilisé: celle de l’Inde et celle de l’Europe. Ici comme là, ces origines remontent à un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• chinois — chinois, oise [ ʃinwa, waz ] adj. et n. • 1575; de Chine I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ De Chine. ⇒ sin(o) . L ancien empire chinois. ⇒ céleste. La République chinoise. La révolution culturelle chinoise. Religions chinoises (bouddhisme, confucianisme …   Encyclopédie Universelle