苦役 (kǔ yì) — hard labor; penal servitude

Formal/literary term for forced or punitive hard labor, typically as a criminal sentence. Pair with the verb 从事 ('to engage in') or bear as 承受苦役.

noun
hard laborpenal servitude

예문

  • 苦役
    Tā bèi pàn le shí nián kǔ yì.
    He was sentenced to ten years of hard labor.
  • 苦役
    Zài zhè ge gōng dì, gōng rén měi tiān dōu yào cóng shì kǔ yì.
    At this construction site, workers have to do hard labor every day.
  • 苦役
    Nà xiē qiú fàn měi tiān dōu yào chéng shòu chén zhòng de kǔ yì.
    Those prisoners have to endure heavy hard labor every day.

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