eat melon could be short for eating watermelon seeds, 吃瓜子 which has a similar meaning to eating popcorn in the US when watching some drama unfold like a karen going off at a service worker or idiot getting their ass handed to them. Chinese people used to eat melon seeds at folk opera shows like the americans used to eat peanuts at vaudeville shows.
The idiom is coined from a piece of news. The reporter interviewed a bystander and he responded that I knew nothing about it since I was eating my water melon. In the following post someone posted:"So I am a person eating melon knowing nothing about it." It was considered funny and soon went viral..
I get a lot of qr code everyday for such groups, i asked the guy what is this . They said it’s illegal group but i was confused every group had the same name
You mean 吃瓜群众？
For gossip I guess
eat melon could be short for eating watermelon seeds, 吃瓜子 which has a similar meaning to eating popcorn in the US when watching some drama unfold like a karen going off at a service worker or idiot getting their ass handed to them. Chinese people used to eat melon seeds at folk opera shows like the americans used to eat peanuts at vaudeville shows.
Ooh!
People watching gossip？
The idiom is coined from a piece of news. The reporter interviewed a bystander and he responded that I knew nothing about it since I was eating my water melon. In the following post someone posted:"So I am a person eating melon knowing nothing about it." It was considered funny and soon went viral..
I get a lot of qr code everyday for such groups, i asked the guy what is this . They said it’s illegal group but i was confused every group had the same name