Chinese Word: 徭 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

徭

Pinyin: yáo

English Definition: compulsory service

Chinese Definition:
①古代统治者强制人民承担的无偿劳动：徭役。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 彳

Pictophonetic:䍃 indicates the sound; 彳 (step) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 彳 [ chì ] to step with the left foot
- 䍃 [ yóu ] vase, pitcher, earthenware

Similar Characters: 猺

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forced labor; corvee

1		guī 归 míng rén 明人， yuán 元 bú shì 不是 zhōng yuán 中原 rén 人， shì 是 yáo 徭 dòng 洞 zhī 之 rén 人 lái 来 guī 归 zhōng yuán 中原， gài 盖 zì 自 àn 暗 ér 而 guī yú 归于 míng 明 yě 也。 Guiming, Yuan is not Central Plains, is compulsory service hole of the people to go the Central Plains, cover from the dark and is also attributed to the Ming.
2		lì rú 例如 miǎn chú 免除 chà 差 yáo 徭， jiàn 见 zhī xiàn 知县 shí 时 bú yòng 不用 xià guì 下跪、 zhī xiàn 知县 bù kě 不可 suí yì 随意 duì 对 qí 其 yòng 用 xíng 刑、 yù 遇 gōng shì 公事 kě 可 bǐng jiàn 禀见 zhī xiàn 知县 děng děng 等等。 For example, exemption from poor Yao, see no need to kneel, when the magistrate, the magistrate can not be free to its use of torture, the event official can see the magistrate, and so intrinsic.