Leek is a plant name. Allium of Amaryllidaceae is a perennial herb. Refers to the grassroots people in the financial circle. Synonym for short-term memory. Leek on the internet means that players laugh at themselves. The competition between online games is very fierce. Some online games will squeeze old players, which is commonly known as cutting leeks.

Leek generally refers to people who are stubborn and don't know the truth after being repeatedly squeezed or deceived, and is mostly used in the financial or economic circles. Originated from the characteristic that leek can be harvested repeatedly. The process of being repeatedly squeezed is also vividly described as cutting leeks, and the profit from squeezing is called sickle.

Leek originated from "cutting leek" in the stock market. In network language, leeks are just ordinary investors. They put a little savings into the stock market, hoping to make some money in a few years. It is understandable that the market will lose a little, but it is unacceptable that they are harvested by malicious blood.

Leek is the person waiting to be cut, which refers to the person who loses money in the stock market. Leek is synonymous with short memory. Usually, such people will be fooled by other so-called experts to buy financial products such as stocks and wealth management, and eventually end up losing money. This behavior of fooling leeks is called "cutting leeks".

Another meaning of leek is: generally speaking, institutions, funds and large households describe it this way: selling stocks leads to a sharp drop in the stock market (or individual stocks), ushering in new opportunities to open positions, and then re-opening positions at a low level, so as to operate in a circular band and realize the cycle. It's called cutting leeks. Generally described as retail investors, buying stocks suffered heavy losses. Also called leek cutting.