苦役

kǔyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvée
  3. penal servitude

CEDICT

hard labor; forced labor

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
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.

Source: Tatoeba

徭役 yáoyì
  1. forced labor
  2. corvee
繇 yáo
  1. folk-song
  2. forced labor