韭菜
Meanings
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- 1.garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives
- 2.(coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit
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Wiktionary
- 1.garlic chive; Chinese chive; Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum)
- 2.someone who can be repeatedly deceived and exploited, especially by the stock market or the government; dupe; shitizen
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Etymology
The neologism sense comes from the fact that garlic chives are able to regrow after their part above the ground is cut off.
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Related words
韭菜花 chives (Allium tuberosum)割韭菜 (fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly (esp. small investors, consumers or fans), treating them as an endlessly renewable resource to harvest for profit韭菜盒子 chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)