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炒魷魚

简炒鱿鱼 · 繁炒魷魚

Mandarin · pinyin chǎo yóu yú

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3–2–2 · chao3 you2 yu2

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caau2 jau4 jyu2

Cantonese word readings for 炒魷魚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

caau2 jau4 jyu2

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(literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 炒 (chǎo), 魷魚 /鱿鱼 (yóuyú).
(figurative, slang) to sack someone; to fire someone