Difference between revisions of "Get soy sauce"
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[[File:Da jiangyou.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Screenshot from the interview that started the meme. (Source: GZTV)'']] | [[File:Da jiangyou.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Screenshot from the interview that started the meme. (Source: GZTV)'']] | ||
| − | [[File:Soy3.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Soy sauce leads the people. (source unknown)'']] | + | [[File:Soy3.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Soy sauce leads the people. (source unknown)'']] Spectate or reserve comment. |
In 2008, the Guangzhou Broadcasting Network (GZTV) interviewed a local man about the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/02/hong-kong-singer-in-sex-photos-scandal-to-return-to-face-music/ Edison Chen photo scandal]. The man answered, "What the fuck does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce." The response became a meme, applicable to any context, such as to express one's lack of interest in the World Cup: | In 2008, the Guangzhou Broadcasting Network (GZTV) interviewed a local man about the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/02/hong-kong-singer-in-sex-photos-scandal-to-return-to-face-music/ Edison Chen photo scandal]. The man answered, "What the fuck does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce." The response became a meme, applicable to any context, such as to express one's lack of interest in the World Cup: | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 3 March 2016
dǎ jiàngyóu 打酱油
Spectate or reserve comment.
In 2008, the Guangzhou Broadcasting Network (GZTV) interviewed a local man about the Edison Chen photo scandal. The man answered, "What the fuck does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce." The response became a meme, applicable to any context, such as to express one's lack of interest in the World Cup:
Lulu318 (@璐璐318): The World Cup has started. Many people are immensely excited. I am just here to get soy sauce. (June 12, 2014)
世界杯开始啦啦，好多人激动不已，我是来打酱油的。[Chinese]
Dǎ 打 means "hit" or "get." Before soy sauce was sold in individual bottles, customers would bring an empty vessel to the store, which they would fill with soy sauce from a spigot.
See also soy sauce committee member.
