薅羊毛

hāo yángmáo

verb

Meanings

1 to hunt for freebies and discounts
2 to milk promotions, coupons and new-user deals

Characters

to pluck; to pull out

Examples

HSK 3

她每天都在网上薅羊毛，买东西几乎不花钱。

Tā měitiān dōu zài wǎngshàng hāo yángmáo, mǎi dōngxi jīhū bù huāqián.

She hunts for deals online every day and hardly spends any money on what she buys.

HSK 6

这家新平台补贴力度太大，很多人注册了好几个账号来薅羊毛。

Zhè jiā xīn píngtái bǔtiē lìdù tài dà, hěnduō rén zhùcè le hǎojǐ gè zhànghào lái hāo yángmáo.

The new platform's subsidies were so generous that lots of people registered several accounts to milk them.

Tips

usage

Literally "to pluck wool off the sheep": the company is the sheep, and every coupon or new-user perk is a tuft of wool. The object can go inside: 薅平台的羊毛 "to milk the platform". People who do it full-time are a 羊毛党.

Stroke Order

薅 hāo

羊 yáng

毛 máo