yì役
役
common
Meaning of 役
役 means labor; corvée; forced labor; military service; service. Pronounced yì.
- labor; corvée; forced labor
- military service; service
- to use; to drive; to enslave
Character Info
Radical彳
Strokes7
Components
彳
殳
Stroke Order
役
Definitions & Examples
Xiū修
Cháng长
chéng城
shì是
Qín秦
cháo朝
zuì最
fán繁
zhòng重
de的
láo劳
yì役
zhī之
yī一
。
Building the Great Wall was one of the most strenuous corvée labors in the Qin Dynasty.
Gǔ古
dài代
nóng农
mín民
wǎng往
wǎng往
yīn因
wèi为
fán繁
zhòng重
de的
yáo徭
yì役
ér而
pò破
chǎn产
。
Ancient peasants often went bankrupt due to heavy corvée labor.
Fēng封
jiàn建
shè社
huì会
lǐ里
，
bǎi百
xìng姓
yào要
chéng承
dān担
gè各
zhǒng种
zá杂
yì役
。
In feudal society, commoners had to undertake various forms of hard labor.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
kǔ苦
yì役
shí实
zài在
ràng让
rén人
shòu受
bù不
liǎo了
。
This kind of hard labor is truly unbearable.
Zhè这
gè个
gōng工
chéng程
bú不
shì是
shéi谁
dōu都
néng能
zuò做
de的
，
nà那
shì是
zhòng重
tǐ体
lì力
yì役
。
Not everyone can do this engineering project; it is heavy physical labor.
Measure Words
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