炒魷魚

炒鱿鱼
chǎoyóuyú
  1. (coll.) to fire sb
  2. to sack sb

CEDICT

colloquial

Entry Composition

1 炒 chǎo
  1. to sauté; to stir-fry
  2. to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
  3. to hype up
  4. to sack; to fire (sb)
2 魷魚 yóuyú squid