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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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Shu 大般涅槃經疏 — count: 11
  • Scroll 11 The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions 大唐西域記 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 8
  • Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 7
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 7
  • Scroll 4 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 7 , has English translation
  • Scroll 12 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 7
  • Scroll 8 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 6
  • Scroll 46 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 6 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 5 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 作役 (作役) 羈縶作役 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 17
  • 役力 (役力) 樂役力渚閻浮提 — Fo Ben Xing Jing 佛本行經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
  • 策役 (策役) 終日策役其情意 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 10
  • 王役 (王役) 而王役慮四方 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
  • 赋役 (賦役) 復其賦役 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
  • 多役 (多役) 二者多役功力不得果報 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
  • 役思 (役思) 勞身役思 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
  • 执役 (執役) 見諸農夫勤勞執役 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
  • 役驱使 (役驅使) 一切有情見皆輕蔑策役驅使 — The Sūtra on the Mahāyāna Practice of the Six Perfections 大乘理趣六波羅蜜多經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 力役 (力役) 力役 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 4