Difference between revisions of "Get soy sauce"
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[[File:Da jiangyou.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''“What the fuck does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce.” (Source unknown)'']] | [[File:Da jiangyou.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''“What the fuck does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce.” (Source unknown)'']] | ||
| − | [[File:Soy3.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''“Soy sauce leads the people.”'']] “No comment” or “none of my business.” | + | [[File:Soy3.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''“Soy sauce leads the people.”'']] “No comment” or “none of my business.” Humorous way for netizens to distance themselves from a sensitive or political topic. |
The word came into popular usage after Guangzhou Television interviewed a local resident 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 word came into popular usage after Guangzhou Television interviewed a local resident 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.” | ||
Revision as of 21:34, 29 August 2014
打酱油 (dǎ jiàngyóu): get soy sauce
“No comment” or “none of my business.” Humorous way for netizens to distance themselves from a sensitive or political topic.
The word came into popular usage after Guangzhou Television interviewed a local resident 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 phrase can also be used in an ordinary context, such as to express one's lack of interest in the World Cup:
璐璐318: The World Cup has started. Many people are immensely excited. I am just here to get soy sauce.
世界杯开始啦啦，好多人激动不已，我是来打酱油的。
打 dǎ means “to hit.” Before soy sauce was sold in individual bottles, customers would bring an empty vessel to the store, which they would fill under with soy sauce under a spigot.
See also soy sauce committee members.
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