"炒老細魷魚" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ lou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³ jɐu̯²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ lou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³ jɐu̯²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: caau² lou⁵ sai³ jau⁴ jyu⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], cháau lóuh sai yàuh yú [Cantonese, Yale], tsaau² lou⁵ sai³ jau⁴ jy⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], cao² lou⁵ sei³ yeo⁴ yu⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (“to sack”) + 老細/老细 (“boss”). Literally, “to fire one's boss”. Etymology templates: {{compound|zh|炒魷魚|老細|t1=to sack|t2=boss|tr1=-|tr2=-}} 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (“to sack”) + 老細/老细 (“boss”), {{m-g|to fire one's boss}} “to fire one's boss”, {{lit|to fire one's boss}} Literally, “to fire one's boss” Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 炒老細魷魚
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous) to quit one's job Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, humorous
    Sense id: en-炒老細魷魚-zh-verb--p5wpybp Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Hong Kong Cantonese

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