开除

kāi chú · kai chu

Traditional 開除

Meaning

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  1. to expel (a member of an organization)
  2. to fire (an employee)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)个(ge)工(gōng)厂(chǎng)开(kāi)除(chú)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)工(gōng)人(rén)。

Many workers were laid off at that plant.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)因(yīn)为(wèi)经(jīng)常(cháng)迟(chí)到(dào)被(bèi)公(gōng)司(sī)开(kāi)除(chú)了(le)。

He was fired by the company for being late so often.

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