打醬油
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Chinese[edit]
beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
soy sauce | ||
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trad. (打醬油) | 打 | 醬油 | |
simp. (打酱油) | 打 | 酱油 | |
Literally: “to buy soy sauce; to fill up the soy sauce bottle in one's household”. |
Etymology[edit]
Popular Internet meme popularised in 2008 by a man-on-the-street's response to a television reporter's question about a recent celebrity photo scandal, to which the man replied, "What's it got to do with me? I'm here to buy soy sauce."
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
打⫽醬油 (verb-object)
- (slang, humorous, sarcastic, intransitive) to be none of one's own business; to not involve one
Usage notes[edit]
- Usually used to express one's reluctance to discuss sensitive issues, sometimes in a jocular or sarcastic fashion.