Chinese word dictionary

芝麻官

zhī ma guān · low ranking official; petty bureaucrat

Word information

Simplified芝麻官
Traditional芝麻官
Pinyinzhī ma guān
Part of speechDictionary
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How to learn 芝麻官

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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