chǎo yóu yú

Traditional: 炒魷魚

炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóu yú) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 炒鱿鱼

炒chǎo · to sauté; to stir-fry鱿yóu · (bound form) squid鱼yú · fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

Related words

鱼fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])鱼surname Yu炒to sauté; to stir-fry鲨鱼shark钓鱼to fish (with line and hook); to angle鳄鱼alligator; crocodile (CL:條|条[tiao2])金枪鱼tuna鲸鱼whale鱿鱼squid美人鱼mermaid章鱼octopus鲑鱼salmon

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