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人肉

Mandarin · pinyin rén ròu

to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索 rén ròu sōu suǒ)
human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌 rén ròu dùn pái, human shield)

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130

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2–4 · ren2 rou4

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