炒caau2魷jau4魚jyu2

English

1. (coll.) to fire sb
2. (food) stir-fried squid
3. (for employers) to fire; to sack; to lay off; (for employees) to resign; literally: to stir-fry squid
4. to sack sb

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 員工辭職或者被僱主解僱，終止僱傭關係

Examples

• 今朝終於炒咗老闆魷魚。

  I finally quit my job this morning.

• 你成日偷懶，因住俾老細炒魷魚啊！

  You are always fooling around at work. Be careful not to get sacked by the boss.

• 我唔係俾人炒魷魚，係自己劈炮唔撈嘅。

  I wasn't fired. I quit.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 英式英文嘅「to get the sack」啫係俾人炒魷魚噉解。

  In British English, "to get the sack" means to be fired from your job.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢返工偷懶，所以俾人炒魷魚。

  Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

• 你害怕被炒鱿鱼吗？

  Are you afraid of being fired?

  Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

• 我差點就被炒魷魚了。

  I almost got fired.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 当在餐馆里时，不能点炒鱿鱼。

  At the restaurant, do not order fried squid.

  Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY