你 被炒了
“You are fired!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姓方的
“Fang!”
你 被炒 了
“You are fired!”
马上给我滚
“Get out of here right now!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Originating from Cantonese, this idiom means to be dismissed or fired. Packing up one's bedding to leave looks like squid curling up when cooked, so firing an employee became known as 'chao you yu' (frying squid), frequently shortened in spoken Chinese to 'chao le'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
got fired / was dismissed (derived from 'chao you yu')
An extremely common colloquial passive expression meaning 'to be let go'; direct in tone and typically carries a negative connotation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're fired. Call the police.”
“Oh no, you noticed.”
“Why do you stop me? Cook it. Cook it. Cook it.”
“was all taken by you.”
“It's not like you were never exposed. But now, you're doing fine.”
“I got dumped. I got laid off.”