| 网络水军 |
Wǎng luò shuǐ jūn |
"Internet Navy"; paid Internet posters; astroturfers |
| 网 |
wǎng |
net; web / network / to net; to catch with a net |
| 网络 |
wǎng luò |
network / Internet |
| 络 |
lào |
small net |
| 络 |
luò |
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 水军 |
shuǐ jūn |
(archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 网络水军) |
| 军 |
jūn |
(bound form) army / military |