役yìⅠ ❶ （需要出劳力的事） labour; service: 劳 ～ corvée; forced labour
❷ （兵役） military service: 退 ～ retire or be released from military service; 现 ～ 军人 soldiers on service; serviceman
❸ （旧时指供使唤的人） servant: 仆 ～ servant; flunkey; 衙 ～ yamen runner
❹ (战争； 战役) battle; campaign: 乌林之 ～ the battle of Wulin Ⅱ （役使） use as a servant: 奴 ～ enslave
◆役畜 draught animal; beast of burden; work animal; 役龄 enlistment age; 役使 work (an animal); use; enslave |