吃瓜群眾

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  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)

Written Forms

吃瓜群眾Traditional · Main Form
吃瓜群众Alternate Form

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