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炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóu yú): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóu yú): To fire / to sack (verb phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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炒鱿鱼 consists of 3 characters.

炒 • chǎo • stir-fry • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

chǎo炒

stir-fry

鱿 • yóu • cuttlefish

yóu鱿

cuttlefish

鱼 • yú • fish • HSK 2.0 L2

HSK 2

yú鱼

fish

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Pinyinchǎo yóu yú

Meaningto fire / to sack

Characters3

HSK—

Syntaxverb phrase

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Example Sentences with 炒鱿鱼

Lǎo老

bǎn板

yīn因

wèi为

tā他

de的

shī失

wù误

chǎo炒

yóu鱿

yú鱼

le了

。

The boss fired him because of his mistake.

Gōng公

sī司

zuì最

jìn近

cái裁

yuán员

，

hěn很

duō多

rén人

bèi被

chǎo炒

yóu鱿

yú鱼

。

The company recently downsized, and many people were fired.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 炒鱿鱼.

Words with 炒

炒股chǎo gǔ(coll.) to speculate in stocks
炒作chǎo zuòNest
炒面chǎo miànfried noodles

Words with 鱿

鱿鱼yóuyúsquid, cuttlefish
烤鱿鱼kǎo yóuyúgrilled squid
鱿鱼丝yóuyúsīdried shredded squid
鱿鱼圈yóuyúquāncalamari rings

Words with 鱼

钓鱼diào yúto fish (with line and hook)
鲨鱼shā yúshark
鲤鱼lǐ yúcarp
鳄鱼è yúCrocodile
咸鱼

xián yú

salted fish

大鱼dà yúbig fish

捕鱼bǔ yúto fish; fishing

炸鱼zhà yúdeep-fried fish; blast fish (with explosives)