Chinese–English

役

yì · yi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. forced labor
  2. corvée
  3. obligatory task
  4. military service
  5. to use as servant
  6. to enserf
  7. servant (old)
  8. war
  9. campaign
  10. battle

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