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打醬油

简打酱油 · 繁打醬油

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ jiàng yóu

to buy soy sauce
it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
醬: Look up this written character
油: yóu · oil, fat, grease, lard; paints
酱: jiàng · any jam-like or paste-like food

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3–4–2 · da3 jiang4 you2

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verb

(verb-object) to buy unpackaged soy sauce
(slang, humorous, sarcastic, intransitive) to be none of one's own business; to not involve one

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