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吃瓜群众

chī guā qún zhòng

4-character word Traditional 吃瓜群眾

What 吃瓜群众 means

1. peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
2. onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it
3. (neologism c. 2016)

The characters in 吃瓜群众

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous