当七品芝麻官去了
“as a petty seventh-grade official.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当 七品芝麻官 去了
“as a petty seventh-grade official.”
你们还让我
“And you still want me”
“I have been reduced to an absolute nobody in the middle of nowhere.”
In traditional imperial bureaucracy, a seventh-rank county magistrate was humorously likened to a tiny sesame seed to underscore their low standing compared to court ministers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
petty low-ranking official
Use this idiomatic metaphor humorously or cynically to describe a minor bureaucrat with negligible authority.
Marks the completion of an unfortunate change of status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“from a seventh-rank magistrate to the Maritime Trade Commissioner.”
“Just a tiny, insignificant post.”
“to some pitiful little post. Tell me,”