割韭菜

gējiǔcài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to fleece people
  2. 2 to scam repeatedly
  3. 3 to exploit naive investors

Characters

Leeks regrow after cutting — a metaphor for naive investors who keep coming back to be harvested again.

Examples

Zhè jiā gōngsī yòu zài gē jiǔcài le.
This company is fleecing people again.
Bié dāng jiǔcài, tóuzī qián xiān zuò gōngkè.
Don't be a sucker — do your homework before investing.

Tips

culture
Originally stock market slang: institutional investors 'harvest' retail investors who blindly follow trends. Now used broadly for any scheme that repeatedly exploits uninformed people — crypto scams, overpriced courses, predatory apps.
memory
Leeks regrow after being cut — just like gullible people who keep falling for the same tricks. Picture a farmer happily cutting the same leek patch over and over.

Stroke Order

jiǔ
cài