| 打酱油 |
dǎ jiàng yóu |
to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce") |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 酱 |
jiàng |
thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam |
| 酱油 |
jiàng yóu |
soy sauce |
| 油 |
yóu |
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning |