打酱油 (打醬油)
dǎ jiàng yóu
Pinyin

Definition

打酱油 (打醬油)
 - 
dǎ jiàng yóu
  1. to buy soy sauce
  2. it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打算
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
油
yóu
  1. 1 oil
  2. 2 fat
  3. 3 grease
  4. 4 petroleum
  5. 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. 6 oily
  7. 7 greasy
  8. 8 glib
  9. 9 cunning

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不过他结婚也真够晚的，人家早的，小孩可都会打酱油了。
bùguò tā jiéhūn yě zhēn gòu wǎn de ，rénjiā zǎo de ，xiǎohái kě dōuhuì dǎjiàngyóu le 。
But he really married very late, didn't he? The children of the ones who married the earliest are all old enough to go to the shops by themselves now.
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我是来打酱油的。顺便推销一下我的杯具和洗具。
wǒ shì lái dǎ jiàngyóu de 。shùnbiàn tuīxiāo yīxià wǒ de bēijù hé xǐjù 。
I'm just here to get some soy sauce. While doing so, I can promote my dishware and cleaning utensils.
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