吃瓜群众

chī guā qún zhòng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 吃瓜群众

吃
chī

to eat

瓜
guā

melon

群
qún

group

群众
qún zhòng

mass

吃瓜
chī guā

(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it

众
zhòng

crowd; multitude