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Meaning of 乌拉

乌拉 means corvée labor; forced labor service (in pre-democratic-reform Tibet); corvée laborer; person performing forced labor. Pronounced wū lā.

  • corvée labor; forced labor service (in pre-democratic-reform Tibet)
  • corvée laborer; person performing forced labor

Definitions & Examples

Jiù
西
zàng
de
nóng
měi
nián
yào
wèi
lǐng
zhǔ
fán
zhòng
de
 

In old Tibet, serfs had to perform heavy corvée labor for their lords every year.

zhì
shì
fēng
jiàn
nóng
zhì
cán
xuē
de
zhòng
yào
xíng
shì
 

The corvée system was an important form of cruel exploitation under the feudal serf system.

Measure Words

/ xiàng
Primary
/ zhǒng