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役

yì
HSK 7-9

“Forced labor” in Chinese is 役 (yì).

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Meaning

  • forced labor
  • corvée
  • obligatory task
Show 7 more meanings
  • military service
  • to use as servant
  • to enserf
  • war
  • campaign
  • battle
  • servant (old)

Example

汤姆是一个越军退役军人。

Tom is a Vietnam veteran.

From 退役 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 役

退役tuìyì(of military personnel or athletes) to retireHSK 7-9

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