差役 (chā yì) — (historical) forced labor or service demanded by the state, corvée; (historical) a low-level government messenger or servant

Définition

Historical term with two related senses: the unpaid labor peasants owed the state (corvée), and the low-ranking servants or messengers who ran errands in a yamen.

noun
(historical) forced labor or service demanded by the statecorvée(historical) a low-level government messenger or servant
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Exemples

  • 差役
    Gǔ dài nóng mín měi nián dōu yào fú chā yì.
    Ancient peasants had to perform corvée every year.
  • Tā nián qīng shí céng zài xiàn yá dāng chā yì.
    When he was young, he worked as a runner in the county yamen.
  • 差役
    Nà xiē chā yì měi tiān fù zé zài yá men lǐ pǎo tuǐ.
    Those runners were responsible for running errands in the yamen every day.

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