我爸是李刚

我爸是李剛

wǒ bà shì Lǐ Gāng

phrase

Meanings

1 My dad is Li Gang!
2 byword for officials' children who flaunt their parents' power

Characters

Gang (given name)

Examples

HSK 5

那个司机撞了人，还大喊：“我爸是李刚！”

Nàge sījī zhuàng le rén, hái dàhǎn: " Wǒ bà shì Lǐ Gāng! "

The driver hit someone and then shouted, "My dad is Li Gang!"

HSK 6

现在一说起“我爸是李刚”，大家就会想到官二代。

Xiànzài yì shuōqǐ " wǒ bà shì Lǐ Gāng ", dàjiā jiù huì xiǎngdào guān'èrdài.

These days, whenever someone mentions "My dad is Li Gang", people think of officials' spoiled children.

Tips

history

On 16 October 2010, a drunk 22-year-old, 李启铭, drove into two students on the campus of 河北大学 in 保定, killing one of them. When students and guards stopped his car, he shouted 我爸是李刚: his father was deputy head of a district police bureau in the city. He was sentenced to six years in prison in 2011.

culture

The line spread across the Chinese internet within days and became shorthand for privilege that thinks it is above the law. It helped make 官二代 and 拼爹 everyday words, and netizens held contests writing it into famous poems.

Stroke Order

我 wǒ

爸 bà

是 shì

李 lǐ

刚 gāng