Keyword
forced labor
- servant
- laborer
- service
- to serve
- Frequency
- #1385
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
A person walking over 彳 with food in hand 殳
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
战役
military campaign
奴役
to enslave
服役
to serve in the army; in active service
役
forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
退役
(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
现役
(military) active duty; (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)
预备役
reserve duty; reserve service; military reserve
兵役
military service
拘役
detention
仆役
servant
劳役
forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor
服兵役
to serve in the army
淮海战役
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
苦役
forced labor; corvée; penal servitude
徭役
forced labor; corvee
杂役
odd jobs; part-time worker
差役
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen
辽沈战役
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
平津战役
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
to put to work (servant or animal); to make use of for labor
使役
to use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
衙役
bailiff of feudal yamen
孟良崮战役
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
役畜
draft animal; beast of burden