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役
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Definitions
- 1. forced labor
- 2. corvée
- 3. obligatory task
- 4. military service
- 5. to use as servant
- 6. to enserf
- 7. war
- 8. campaign
- 9. battle
Example Sentences
1 shown他在服 役 。
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Words Containing 役
draft animal
to use (an animal or servant)
chameleon
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
to order (sb) about
(military) active duty
draft animals
forced labor
to serve in the army
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)
to retire from the military, sport etc
forced labor
to serve in the army
forced labor
bailiff of feudal yamen
farm work
enlistment age
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
detention
servant
Battle of Midway, June 1942
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
military service
to put to work (servant or animal)
odd jobs
one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific
corvee
military campaign
males eligible for military service
Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
reserve troops
to enslave