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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

役使 [yìshǐ]
  1. 1. work (an animal); use
    地主把长工当牛马一样役使
    The landlord made the farmhands toil like beasts of burden.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

役使 [yìshǐ]
  1. 1. 使用牲畜;把人当牲畜使用
    有两匹马供役使

Examples

地主把长工当牛马一样役使
The landlord made the farmhands toil like beasts of burden. 役使
役使

Word Decomposition


[yì]
+ 使
[shǐ]

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