diff --git a/clis/zhihu/answer-comments.js b/clis/zhihu/answer-comments.js
index b6028f99f..05864a5aa 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/answer-comments.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/answer-comments.js
@@ -1,28 +1,9 @@
 import { cli, Strategy } from '@jackwener/opencli/registry';
 import { ArgumentError, AuthRequiredError, CommandExecutionError, EmptyResultError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors';
-
-function decodeEntity(codePoint) {
-    return Number.isInteger(codePoint) && codePoint >= 0 && codePoint <= 0x10FFFF
-        ? String.fromCodePoint(codePoint)
-        : null;
-}
+import { stripHtml as stripHtmlText } from './text.js';
 
 function stripHtml(html) {
-    if (!html) return '';
-    return html
-        .replace(/<br\s*\/?\s*>/gi, '\n')
-        .replace(/<\/(?:p|div|h[1-6]|li|blockquote)>/gi, '\n\n')
-        .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
-        .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
-        .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
-        .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
-        .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
-        .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
-        .replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
-        .replace(/&#(\d+);/g, (entity, value) => decodeEntity(Number(value)) ?? entity)
-        .replace(/&#x([0-9a-f]+);/gi, (entity, value) => decodeEntity(Number.parseInt(value, 16)) ?? entity)
-        .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n')
-        .trim();
+    return stripHtmlText(html, { preserveBlocks: true });
 }
 
 const ANSWER_ID_RE = /^\d+$/;
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/answer-detail.js b/clis/zhihu/answer-detail.js
index 02dd67881..4d968290c 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/answer-detail.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/answer-detail.js
@@ -1,38 +1,9 @@
 import { cli, Strategy } from '@jackwener/opencli/registry';
 import { ArgumentError, AuthRequiredError, CommandExecutionError, EmptyResultError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors';
+import { stripHtml as stripHtmlText } from './text.js';
 
-// Light-weight HTML → text, preserving paragraph / heading / list-item
-// line breaks. Zhihu answer `content` is HTML, so we map block-level
-// closing tags + `<br>` to newlines before stripping the rest.
 function stripHtml(html) {
-    if (!html) return '';
-    return html
-        .replace(/<br\s*\/?\s*>/gi, '\n')
-        // Block-level closing tags become paragraph breaks (double
-        // newline) so the stripped text stays readable. The trailing
-        // `\n{3,}` collapse pass below normalizes accidental triples.
-        .replace(/<\/(?:p|div|h[1-6]|li|blockquote)>/gi, '\n\n')
-        .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
-        .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
-        .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
-        .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
-        .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
-        .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
-        .replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
-        .replace(/&#(\d+);/g, (_, value) => {
-            const codePoint = Number(value);
-            return Number.isInteger(codePoint) && codePoint >= 0 && codePoint <= 0x10FFFF
-                ? String.fromCodePoint(codePoint)
-                : _;
-        })
-        .replace(/&#x([0-9a-f]+);/gi, (_, value) => {
-            const codePoint = Number.parseInt(value, 16);
-            return Number.isInteger(codePoint) && codePoint >= 0 && codePoint <= 0x10FFFF
-                ? String.fromCodePoint(codePoint)
-                : _;
-        })
-        .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n')
-        .trim();
+    return stripHtmlText(html, { preserveBlocks: true });
 }
 
 const ANSWER_ID_RE = /^\d+$/;
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/collection.js b/clis/zhihu/collection.js
index be9dee722..bed24b5b4 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/collection.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/collection.js
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 import { cli, Strategy } from '@jackwener/opencli/registry';
 import { ArgumentError, AuthRequiredError, CommandExecutionError, EmptyResultError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors';
 import { log } from '@jackwener/opencli/logger';
-
-function stripHtml(html) {
-  return html
-    .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
-    .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
-    .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
-    .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
-    .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
-    .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
-    .replace(/<em>/g, '')
-    .replace(/<\/em>/g, '')
-    .trim();
-}
+import { stripHtml } from './text.js';
 
 function validatePositiveInt(value, name) {
   const n = Number(value);
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/collection.test.js b/clis/zhihu/collection.test.js
index c0b100cdd..75cccb990 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/collection.test.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/collection.test.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('zhihu collection', () => {
               question: { id: 789012, title: 'Test Question' },
               author: { name: 'test_author' },
               voteup_count: 42,
-              content: '<p>Test answer content</p>',
+              content: '<p>&#34;Test&#34; &#x26; answer content</p>',
               url: 'https://www.zhihu.com/question/789012/answer/123456',
             },
           },
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ describe('zhihu collection', () => {
       title: 'Test Question',
       author: 'test_author',
       votes: 42,
+      excerpt: '"Test" & answer content',
       url: 'https://www.zhihu.com/question/789012/answer/123456',
     });
 
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/question.js b/clis/zhihu/question.js
index 122a3efa4..fe78c99ee 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/question.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/question.js
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 import { cli, Strategy } from '@jackwener/opencli/registry';
 import { AuthRequiredError, CliError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors';
-function stripHtml(html) {
-    return html
-        .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
-        .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
-        .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
-        .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
-        .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
-        .trim();
-}
+import { stripHtml } from './text.js';
 
 function answerIdFromUrl(url) {
     if (typeof url !== 'string') return '';
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/question.test.js b/clis/zhihu/question.test.js
index 57c8f7401..f42feb1cb 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/question.test.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/question.test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('zhihu question', () => {
                         id: '2036567240334653053',
                         author: { name: 'alice' },
                         voteup_count: 12,
-                        content: 'Hello Zhihu',
+                        content: '<p>&#34;Hello&#34; &#x26; Zhihu</p>',
                     },
                 ],
             };
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('zhihu question', () => {
                 author: 'alice',
                 votes: 12,
                 url: 'https://www.zhihu.com/question/2021881398772981878/answer/2036567240334653053',
-                content: 'Hello Zhihu',
+                content: '"Hello" & Zhihu',
             },
         ]);
         expect(goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://www.zhihu.com/question/2021881398772981878');
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/search.js b/clis/zhihu/search.js
index 56ac187d4..a58a5e4d0 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/search.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/search.js
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 import { cli, Strategy } from '@jackwener/opencli/registry';
 import { ArgumentError, AuthRequiredError, CommandExecutionError, EmptyResultError } from '@jackwener/opencli/errors';
-
-function stripHtml(html) {
-    return (html || '')
-        .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
-        .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
-        .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
-        .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
-        .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
-        .replace(/<em>/g, '')
-        .replace(/<\/em>/g, '')
-        .trim();
-}
+import { stripHtml } from './text.js';
 
 function itemKey(item) {
     const obj = item.object || {};
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/search.test.js b/clis/zhihu/search.test.js
index 6e8c85705..0ee594cfb 100644
--- a/clis/zhihu/search.test.js
+++ b/clis/zhihu/search.test.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('zhihu search', () => {
                             type: 'answer',
                             author: { name: 'alice' },
                             voteup_count: 12,
-                            question: { id: 'q1', name: '<em>Codex</em> question' },
+                            question: { id: 'q1', name: '<em>Codex</em> &#34;question&#34;' },
                         },
                     },
                     {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('zhihu search', () => {
         await expect(cmd.func(page, { query: 'codex', limit: 2 })).resolves.toEqual([
             {
                 rank: 1,
-                title: 'Codex question',
+                title: 'Codex "question"',
                 type: 'answer',
                 author: 'alice',
                 votes: 12,
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/text.js b/clis/zhihu/text.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b8f19d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clis/zhihu/text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+function decodeEntity(codePoint) {
+    return Number.isInteger(codePoint) && codePoint >= 0 && codePoint <= 0x10FFFF
+        ? String.fromCodePoint(codePoint)
+        : null;
+}
+
+export function stripHtml(html, { preserveBlocks = false } = {}) {
+    if (!html) return '';
+    let text = String(html);
+    if (preserveBlocks) {
+        text = text
+            .replace(/<br\s*\/?\s*>/gi, '\n')
+            .replace(/<\/(?:p|div|h[1-6]|li|blockquote)>/gi, '\n\n');
+    }
+    return text
+        .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
+        .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
+        .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
+        .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
+        .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
+        .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
+        .replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
+        .replace(/&#(\d+);/g, (entity, value) => decodeEntity(Number(value)) ?? entity)
+        .replace(/&#x([0-9a-f]+);/gi, (entity, value) => decodeEntity(Number.parseInt(value, 16)) ?? entity)
+        .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n')
+        .trim();
+}
+
+export const __test__ = { decodeEntity };
diff --git a/clis/zhihu/text.test.js b/clis/zhihu/text.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f238e836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clis/zhihu/text.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { stripHtml } from './text.js';
+
+describe('zhihu text helpers', () => {
+    it('strips tags and decodes named entities in flat mode', () => {
+        expect(stripHtml('<em>Codex</em>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;&lt;CLI&gt;')).toBe('Codex & <CLI>');
+    });
+
+    it('decodes decimal and hexadecimal numeric entities', () => {
+        expect(stripHtml('&#34;中文&#34; &#x26; &#39;test&#39;')).toBe('"中文" & \'test\'');
+    });
+
+    it('keeps invalid numeric entities unchanged', () => {
+        expect(stripHtml('bad &#9999999999; entity')).toBe('bad &#9999999999; entity');
+    });
+
+    it('keeps list excerpts flat by default', () => {
+        expect(stripHtml('<p>first</p><br><p>second</p>')).toBe('firstsecond');
+    });
+
+    it('preserves block breaks when requested', () => {
+        expect(stripHtml('<p>first</p><br><p>second</p>', { preserveBlocks: true })).toBe('first\n\nsecond');
+    });
+});