韭菜

jiǔcài
  1. garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives
  2. (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit

CEDICT

colloquial

Entry Composition

=1 韭 jiǔ leek
=1 韭 jiǔ variant of 韭 jiǔ
2 菜 cài
  1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤