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劳役

láo yì

2-character word Traditional 勞役

What 劳役 means

1. forced labor
2. corvée (labor required of a serf)
3. animal labor

The characters in 劳役

• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 役yìforced labor; corvée; obligatory task

Sounds the same

Read láo yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劳逸work and rest

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