Tom was fired.
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解雇
Traditional: 解僱
jiě gù
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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jiě gù · gaai2 gu3 (Jyutping)
- to fire
- to sack
- to dismiss
- to terminate employment
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Are you afraid of being fired?
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