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炒
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Definitions
- 1. to sauté
- 2. to stir-fry
- 3. to speculate
- 4. to hype
- 5. to fire (sb)
Example Sentences
1 shown你被 炒 魷魚了。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 炒
(coll.) to fire sb
to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
lit. to fry and sell on the spot
to raise prices by speculation
(of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)
scrambled eggs
to stir-fry
to liven up the atmosphere
(Hong Kong) to seek mutual destruction
to stir-fry
stir-fried noodles
to stir-fry
wok with a long handle
to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil
Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned
to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked
stir-fried spinach
to stir-fry leftover rice
to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame
fried rice
to hype
scrambled eggs
wok
speculator
to stir-fry
to lightly fry
to liven up the atmosphere
to speculate in stocks
to speculate in real estate
roasted snacks (peanuts, chestnuts etc)
fried rice
chopped fried noodles
(coll.) to speculate in stocks
stir-fried pork with garlic
to speculate in building land
egg fried rice
to moonlight
to speculate in foreign currency