炒

chǎoㄔㄠˇ

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HSK 6 TOCFL 4

Meaning

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)

Examples

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那些一无是处的废物被炒了。

那些一無是處的廢物被炒了。

Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.

我知道怎麼做俄式炒牛肉片。

I know how to make beef stroganoff.

他叫了一盘炒什锦。

他叫了一盤炒什錦。

He ordered a chop suey.

我们不能仅仅就这样炒了汤姆

我們不能僅僅就這樣炒了湯姆

We can't just fire Tom.

炒鍋在哪裡？

Where is the wok?

Characters

Character breakdown

火

huǒ

surname Huo

少

shǎo

few

Related: 炒

炒股

chǎo gǔ

(coll.) to speculate in stocks

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