打醬油 (daa2 zoeng3 jau4 | da3 jiang4 you2) : buying soy sauce; none of my business

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打醬油

daa2 zoeng3 jau4

da3 jiang4 you2

[1] buying soy sauce
[2] slang for "it's none of my business"

For the "it's none of my business" meaning, a man on the street when approached by a journalist for an interview about the Edison Chen scandal was highly annoyed and stated, "I don’t give a ----! I’m just here to buy soy sauce."

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

打醬油 / 打酱油

This word has been viewed 2129 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 26th May 2010 09:50 and last edited on 26th May 2010 10:01

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打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen
醬 zoeng3 - paste, jam; sauce
油 jau4 - oil; fat; grease; petroleum

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