吃瓜群众 in English chi1 gua1 qun2 zhong4 Meaning

Meanings

  • peanut gallery (particularly in online forums)
  • onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it
  • (neologism approximately 2016)

Simplified Characters

吃 瓜 群 众

Traditional Characters

吃 瓜 群 眾

Pinyin

chi1 gua1 qun2 zhong4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

吃chi1to eat 瓜gua1melon 群qun2variant of 群[qun2] 众zhong4abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives