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役
Mandarin: yi4
Definitions
  1. 1 forced labor
  2. 2 corvée
  3. 3 obligatory task
  4. 4 military service
  5. 5 to use as servant
  6. 6 to enserf
  7. 7 servant (old)
  8. 8 war
  9. 9 campaign
  10. 10 battle
  11. 11 to serve labor at frontier
  12. 12 to command somone as servant
  13. 13 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 役
雜役
odd-job man; handyman; general servant
奴役
[v] enslave; [n] slavery, bondage
兵役
military service
役使
work (an animal)
兵役法
Military Service Act
差役
corvee; runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen
服役
serve in the army; be in active service
戰役
military campaign
免役
exempt from national military service
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