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鄉民

xiāngmín

ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

Simplified 乡民

  1. 1villager
  2. 2(Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
In Taiwan

Literally "villager", but in Taiwan an internet commenter — originally the crowd on the PTT bulletin board, now anyone chiming in online. Often mildly self-deprecating.

Example

這件事在網路上被鄉民罵翻了。

zhè jiàn shì zài wǎnglù shàng bèi xiāngmín mà fān le

The commenters online tore into this.

Keep 鄉民 and it comes back until you know it.

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