炒鱿鱼 (炒魷魚)
chǎo yóu yú
Pinyin

Definition

炒鱿鱼 (炒魷魚)
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chǎo yóu yú
  1. (coll.) to fire sb
  2. to sack sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

炒
chǎo
  1. 1 to sauté
  2. 2 to stir-fry
  3. 3 to speculate
  4. 4 to hype
  5. 5 to fire (sb)
炒作
chǎo zuò
  1. 1 to hype
  2. 2 to promote (in the media)
炒股
chǎo gǔ
  1. 1 (coll.) to speculate in stocks
炒菜
chǎo cài
  1. 1 to stir-fry
  2. 2 to do the cooking
  3. 3 stir-fried dish
炒蛋
chǎo dàn
  1. 1 scrambled eggs

Idioms (1)

生炒热卖
shēng chǎo rè mài
  1. 1 to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)

Sample Sentences

唉，是啊。这个月已经请了五天假了。再请假，大概要被炒鱿鱼了。
ài ，shì a 。zhè ge yuè yǐjīng qǐng le wǔtiān jià le 。zài qǐngjià ，dàgài yào bèi chǎoyóuyú le 。
Hmm, yeah. I've already taken five days off this month. If I get any more days off, I'll probably get fired.
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别在上班的时候玩游戏，小心被老板炒鱿鱼。
bié zài shàngbān de shíhou wán yóuxì ，xiǎoxīn bèi lǎobǎn chǎo yóuyú 。
Don't play games at work. Be careful the boss doesn't fire you.
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他被炒鱿鱼了。
tā bèi chǎo yóuyú le 。
He got fired.
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炒鱿鱼
chǎo yóuyú
to fire someone, to get fired
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啊，你是说，我被炒鱿鱼了？！
ǎ ，nǐ shì shuō ，wǒ bèi chǎo yóuyú le ？！
Huh? Are you saying...I've been fired?!
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