韭菜 - chive, a perennial plant related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a vegetable in China. Chives grow quickly and can be harvested many times during the growing season.
Recently, 韭菜 has a derived meaning - the lowest class people. 割韭菜 (harvesting the chives), meaning - the government make the people suffer by the unfair policies.
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