徭役

yáoyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvee

CEDICT

corvee

Wiktionary

舊時官府指派成年男子義務性的勞役，包括修城、鋪路、防衛鄉里、戍守邊疆等工作。漢．鼂錯〈論貴粟疏〉：「春耕、夏耘、秋收、冬藏，伐薪樵，治官府，給徭役，……四時之間，無日休息。」《後漢書．卷四九．王符傳》：「聖人深知力者民之本，國之基也。故務省徭役，使之愛日。」也作「傜役」。

重編國語辭典

舊時官府指派成年男子義務性的勞役

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

勞役 láoyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvée (labor required of a serf)
  3. animal labor
強迫勞動 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.

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