徭役

yáoyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvee

CEDICT

corvee

Wiktionary

旧时官府指派成年男子义务性的劳役，包括修城、铺路、防卫乡里、戍守边疆等工作。汉．鼂错〈论贵粟疏〉：「春耕、夏耘、秋收、冬藏，伐薪樵，治官府，给徭役，……四时之间，无日休息。」《后汉书．卷四九．王符传》：「圣人深知力者民之本，国之基也。故务省徭役，使之爱日。」也作「傜役」。

重編國語辭典

旧时官府指派成年男子义务性的劳役

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 徭 yáo compulsory service
2 役 yì
  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

Related entries

劳役 láoyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvée (labor required of a serf)
  3. animal labor
强迫劳动 qiǎngpòláodòng forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
役 yì
  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
法國人在滑鐵盧之役吃了敗仗。

The French lost the battle of Waterloo.

Source: Tatoeba

苦役 kǔyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvée
  3. penal servitude
繇 yáo
  1. folk-song
  2. forced labor
夫役 fūyì
  1. corvee
  2. laborer