役
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
yì yi4
- forced labor
- corvée
- obligatory task
- military service
- to use as servant
- to enserf
- servant (old)
- war
- campaign
- battle
Example sentences
- This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
- War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
- This battle left Napoleon master of Europe.