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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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他在服
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1324001)

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Words Containing 役

役畜
yì chù

draft animal

使役
shǐ yì

to use (an animal or servant)

避役
bì yì

chameleon

孟良崮战役
mèng liáng gù zhàn yì

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

驱役
qū yì

to order (sb) about

现役
xiàn yì

(military) active duty

役使动物
yì shǐ dòng wù

draft animals

劳役
láo yì

forced labor

服役
fú yì

to serve in the army

差役
chāi yì

forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée)

退役
tuì yì

to retire from the military, sport etc

苦役
kǔ yì

forced labor

服兵役
fú bīng yì

to serve in the army

徭役
yáo yì

forced labor

衙役
yá yì

bailiff of feudal yamen

田役
tián yì

farm work

役龄
yì líng

enlistment age

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

拘役
jū yì

detention

仆役
pú yì

servant

中途岛战役
zhōng tú dǎo zhàn yì

Battle of Midway, June 1942

毕其功于一役
bì qí gōng yú yī yì

to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)

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

不列颠战役
bù liè diān zhàn yì

Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)

兵役
bīng yì

military service

役使
yì shǐ

to put to work (servant or animal)

杂役
zá yì

odd jobs

一身两役
yī shēn liǎng yì

one person taking on two tasks simultaneously

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

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

夫役
fū yì

corvee

战役
zhàn yì

military campaign

役男
yì nán

males eligible for military service

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

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

奴役
nú yì

to enslave