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The standard Chinese language (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mandarin

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the standard chinese language</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "Top person in Whitehall" , "Fruity" , "Bigwig" , "Language formerly used by educated Chinese, or a kind of orange" , "Many millions speak of this" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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