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炒鱿鱼

chǎo yóu yú

3-character word Traditional 炒魷魚

What 炒鱿鱼 means

1. colloquialto fire sb
2. to sack sb

The characters in 炒鱿鱼

• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up
• 鱿yóu(bound form) squid
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 你害怕被炒鱿鱼吗？
  Nǐ hàipà bèi chǎo yóuyú ma?
  Are you afraid of being fired?
• 我差点就被炒鱿鱼了。
  I almost got fired.
• 当在餐馆里时，不能点炒鱿鱼。
  At the restaurant, do not order fried squid.