芝麻

sesame (seed)

Zoysia pungens

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

surname Ma

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb

sesame oil

sesame paste

low ranking official / petty bureaucrat

trivial matter / trifle

trivial / minute (size)

sesame biscuit

lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

sesame bun