炒鱿鱼
炒魷魚Meanings
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- 1.(coll.) to fire sb
- 2.to sack sb
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Wiktionary
- 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 炒 (chǎo), 魷魚 /鱿鱼 (yóuyú).
- 2.to sack someone; to fire someone
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Etymology
Originally from Cantonese. The phrase is metaphorical: “to fry a squid” > “fried squids curl up” > “to roll up the bedclothes and leave” > “to be fired”. Compare the English phrase to get the sack and the Mandarin phrase 捲鋪蓋／卷铺盖 (juǎn pūgai).
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你害怕被炒鱿鱼吗？
Are you afraid of being fired?
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