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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. war
  8. 8. campaign
  9. 9. battle

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 役

战役
zhàn yì

military campaign

退役
tuì yì

to retire from the military, sport etc

一身两役
yī shēn liǎng yì

one person taking on two tasks simultaneously

不列颠战役
bù liè diān zhàn yì

Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)

中途岛战役
zhōng tú dǎo zhàn yì

Battle of Midway, June 1942

使役
shǐ yì

to use (an animal or servant)

仆役
pú yì

servant

兵役
bīng yì

military service

劳役
láo yì

forced labor

夫役
fū yì

corvee

奴役
nú yì

to enslave

孟良崮战役
mèng liáng gù zhàn yì

Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists

差役
chāi yì

forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)

平津战役
píng jīn zhàn yì

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

役使
yì shǐ

to put to work (servant or animal)

役使动物
yì shǐ dòng wù

draft animals

役男
yì nán

males eligible for military service

役畜
yì chù

draft animal

役龄
yì líng

enlistment age

徭役
yáo yì

forced labor

拘役
jū yì

detention

斯大林格勒战役
sī dà lín gé lè zhàn yì

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

服兵役
fú bīng yì

to serve in the army

服役
fú yì

to serve in the army

淮海战役
huái hǎi zhàn yì

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

现役
xiàn yì

(military) active duty

瓜达卡纳尔战役
guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì

battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific

田役
tián yì

farm work

毕其功于一役
bì qí gōng yú yī yì

to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)

苦役
kǔ yì

forced labor

衙役
yá yì

bailiff of feudal yamen

辽沈战役
liáo shěn zhàn yì

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

避役
bì yì

chameleon

杂役
zá yì

odd jobs

靖难之役
jìng nán zhī yì

war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor

预备役军人
yù bèi yì jūn rén

reserve troops

驱役
qū yì

to order (sb) about