炒鱿鱼

chǎo yóu yú · chao you yu

Traditional 炒魷魚

Meaning

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  1. (coll.) to fire sb
  2. to sack sb

In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)害(hài)怕(pà)被(bèi)炒(chǎo)鱿(yóu)鱼(yú)吗(ma)?

Are you afraid of being fired?

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · 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)炒(chǎo)鱿(yóu)鱼(yú)了(le)。

He was fired by the company because he was often late.

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