1. noun service; labor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 3; Kroll 2015 '役' 1, p. 584; Unihan '役'; XHZD '役' 2, p. 890)
  2. noun a servant; a laborer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 仆役 servant (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 4; Kroll 2015 '役' 4, p. 584; Unihan '役'; XHZD '役' 5, p. 891)
  3. noun a campaign; a battle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 2; Kroll 2015 '役' 2a, p. 584; XHZD '役' 1, p. 890)
  4. noun service in the military
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 兵役 (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' n 3; Kroll 2015 '役' 2, p. 584; XHZD '役' 3, p. 890)
  5. noun forced labor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '役'; Kroll 2015 '役' 1a, p. 584)
  6. verb to serve; to work
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 服事 (CC-CEDICT '役'; Guoyu '役' v 4; Unihan '役'; XHZD '役' 4, p. 891)
  7. noun a person working in an official capacity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '役' 3, p. 584)
  8. noun a slave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '役' 4a, p. 584)
  9. noun a disciple
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '役' 4b, p. 584)
  10. verb to guard a border
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 戍守边疆 (Guoyu '役' v 1)
  11. verb to order somebody to do something
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 使喚 (Guoyu '役' v 2)
  12. verb to use; to implement
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 施行 (Guoyu '役' v 3)
  13. verb to attract; to involve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 吸引 (Guoyu '役' v 5)
  14. noun a soldier
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 士兵 (Guoyu '役' n 1)

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