捲鋪蓋

Chinese

		coil; to roll	to spread evenly over; bedding; bedclothes
trad. (捲鋪蓋/卷鋪蓋)		捲/卷	鋪蓋
simp. (卷铺盖)		卷	铺盖
Literally: “to roll up the bed covers”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juǎn pūgai, juǎn pūgài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄆㄨ ˙ㄍㄞ, ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄆㄨㄍㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun² pou¹ goi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: juǎn pūgai
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄆㄨ ˙ㄍㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuan pu.gai
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuǎn pugåi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵ g̊aɪ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: juǎn pūgài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˇ ㄆㄨㄍㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeuan pugay
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuǎn pugài
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gyun² pou¹ goi³
  - Yale: gyún pōu goi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn² pou¹ goi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün² pou¹ goi³
  - IPA ^(key): /kyːn³⁵ pʰou̯⁵⁵ kɔːy̯³³/

Verb

捲鋪蓋

to pack up and leave; to pack and leave
(figuratively) to be sent packing; to be sacked; to be fired
讓他捲鋪蓋走人吧！ [MSC, trad.]
让他卷铺盖走人吧！ [MSC, simp.]
Ràng tā juǎn pūgài zǒurén ba! [Pinyin]
Give him the sack!

Synonyms

(to be sent packing):

Synonyms of 捲鋪蓋

炒 (chǎo) (slang)
炒魷／炒鱿 (Cantonese)
炒魷魚／炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
解僱／解雇 (jiěgù)
解聘 (jiěpìn)
解職／解职 (jiězhí)

走路 (zǒulù) (figuratively)
辭退／辞退 (cítuì)
遣散 (qiǎnsàn)
開除／开除 (kāichú)
革除 (géchú)

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