炒
Meanings
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)
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Examples11
你 为什么 不 直接 炒 了 他?
Why don't you just fire him?
你们 不能 炒 了 我们。
You can't fire us.
你 不能 炒 了 我们。
You can't fire us.
做 那种 事 的话, 他 可能 会 被 炒。
He might get fired if he does that.
您 不能 炒 了 我们。
You can't fire us.
秘书 被 炒 了。
The secretary was dismissed.