芝麻官

Traditional form:

芝麻官

Pinyin (reading):

zhīmaguān

Definitions:

• low ranking official
• petty bureaucrat

Characters:

• 芝 - sesame; a magical mushroom
• 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
• 官 - official, public servant

Traditional characters:

• 芝 - sesame; a magical mushroom
• 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
• 官 - official, public servant