我爸是李刚

我爸是李剛
wǒ bà shì Lǐ Gāng
phrase

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
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
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