韭菜

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Chinese

leek dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (韭菜/韮菜) /
simp. (韭菜)
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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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Noun

韭菜 (1)

韭菜

  1. garlic chive; Chinese chive; Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum)
  2. (Mainland China, neologism, figurative, Internet slang) someone who can be repeatedly deceived and exploited, especially by the stock market or the government; dupe; shitizen
    韭菜  ―  jiǔcài  ―  to reap the people

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