Have you been fired?
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开除
Traditional: 開除
kāi chú
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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kāi chú · hoi1 ceoi4 (Jyutping)
- to expel (a member of an organization)
- to fire (an employee)
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Character breakdown
开
- Meaning
- open; initiate, begin, start
- Radical
- 廾
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿱一廾
- Cangjie
- MT
- Four-corner
- 1044
除
- Meaning
- eliminate, remove, except
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰阝余
- Cangjie
- NLOMD
- Four-corner
- 7829.4
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Example sentences
Tom should be fired.
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