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人肉搜索引擎

rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine / crowdsourced online search for information about a person or event, typically resulting in doxing (now largely replaced by the clipped form 人肉搜索[rén ròu sōu suǒ])
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

人肉搜索引擎 人肉搜索引擎 [ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3 yin3 qing2] /(neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine; crowdsourced online search for information about a person or event, typically resulting in doxing (now largely replaced by the clipped form 人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3])/

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  • 人
  • 肉
    ròu

    meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130

  • 搜
    sōu

    to search / (bound form) to collect / to gather

  • 索
    suǒ

    to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated

    Suǒ

    surname Suo / abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suǒ mǎ lǐ], Somalia

  • 引
    yǐn

    to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhàng], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

  • 擎
    qíng

    to raise / to hold up / to lift up

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.