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Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
捲⫽鋪蓋 (verb-object)
- to pack up and leave; to pack and leave
- (figurative) to be sent packing; to be sacked; to be fired
讓他捲鋪蓋走人吧! [MSC, trad.]
让他卷铺盖走人吧! [MSC, simp.]- Ràng tā juǎn pūgài zǒurén ba! [Pinyin]
- Give him the sack!
Synonyms[edit]
- 停生意 (6din-san-i) (Shanghainese, dated)
- 執包袱/执包袱 (zap1 baau1 fuk6) (Cantonese)
- 炒 (chǎo) (slang)
- 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
- 解僱/解雇 (jiěgù)
- 解聘 (jiěpìn)
- 解職/解职 (jiězhí)
- 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
- 辭退/辞退 (cítuì)
- 遣散
- 開除/开除 (kāichú)
- 革除 (géchú)
- 食無情雞/食无情鸡 (sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1) (Cantonese)