嗰間大酒樓執笠,遣散咗過百員工。
𠮶间大酒楼执笠,遣散咗过百员工。
go2 gaan1 daai6 zau2 lau4 zap1 lap1, hin2 saan3 zo3 gwo3 baak3 jyun4 gung1 That big restaurant was closed down and over a hundred employees were dismissed.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to lay off; to make (a job) redundant; to dismiss (syn.) 捲鋪蓋, 走路, 解雇, 解職, 解职, 卷铺盖, 停生意, 开除, 炒鱿鱼, 革除, 辭退, 炒魷魚, 開除, 辞退, 炒, 解僱, 解聘
verb
to clear; to evacuate
verb
to disband; to demobilise
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
国王受够了他的大臣们总是对他阿谀奉承,于是把他们遣散了。
國王受夠了他的大臣們總是對他阿諛奉承,於是把他們遣散了。
guó wáng shòu gòu le tā de dà chén men zǒng shì duì tā ē yú fèng chéng , yú shì bǎ tā men qiǎn sàn le 。
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.