豉椒炒魷 (si6 ziu1 caau2 jau4) — literally: fried squid in black bean sauce; to get the sack; to be fired [colloquial] in Cantonese

siˍ₆ziuˉ¹caauˊ²jauˎ₄
豉椒炒鱿
Mandarin Pinyin: shi4 jiao1 chao3 you2

Meaning of 豉椒炒魷

nounliterally: fried squid in black bean sauce; to get the sack; to be fired [colloquial]

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