Definition

Examples

• 他被判了十年苦役。
  Tā bèi pàn le shí nián kǔ yì.
  He was sentenced to ten years of hard labor.
• 在这个工地，工人每天都要从事苦役。
  Zài zhège gōngdì, gōngrén měitiān dōu yào cóngshì kǔ yì.
  At this construction site, workers have to do hard labor every day.
• 那些囚犯每天都要承受沉重的苦役。
  Nàxiē qiúfàn měitiān dōu yào chéngshòu chénzhòng de kǔ yì.
  Those prisoners have to endure heavy hard labor every day.