查看“Get soy sauce”的源代码

'''打酱油 (dǎ jiàngyóu): get soy sauce'''

[[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: [http://www.e-show.tw www.e-show.tw])'']]
[[File:Soy3.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''“Soy sauce leads the people.” (Source: [http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-05/13/content_8156695.htm Xinhuanet])'']] “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 phrase can also be used in an ordinary context, such as to express one's lack of interest in the World Cup:

<blockquote>''Lulu318'' (@璐璐318): The World Cup has started. Many people are immensely excited. I am just here to '''get soy sauce'''.</blockquote>

<blockquote>
世界杯开始啦啦，好多人激动不已，我是来'''打酱油'''的。[[http://www.weibo.com/2525950770/B8IsLprN7 '''Chinese''']]</blockquote>

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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