捡尸 (jiǎnshī): (slang) to target an intoxicate…

Meanings

1 (slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
2 to prey on a drunk victim
3 lit. 'to pick up a corpse'

Characters

捡

Examples

夜店有些人专门捡尸，非常危险。

Yèdiàn yǒu xiē rén zhuānmén jiǎnshī, fēicháng wēixiǎn.

Some people at nightclubs specifically prey on intoxicated victims - it's extremely dangerous.

请提醒朋友注意防范捡尸行为。

Qǐng tíxǐng péngyǒu zhùyì fángfàn jiǎnshī xíngwéi.

Please remind your friends to be on guard against this kind of predatory behavior.

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Internet / Taiwanese-origin slang that became widespread in mainland Chinese reporting around 2015. The metaphor is brutal: the perpetrator treats the unconscious / drunk victim as a 'corpse' (尸) to be 'picked up' (捡). Used in news reports and PSAs about drink safety; never neutral.

mistakes

Don't confuse with 捡漏 (jianlou, 'pick up a bargain') - same first character, completely different. Also don't read 尸 here as anything other than 'corpse / body' - it's not the surname Shi.