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Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor
(of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
HSK 7-9
Battle of Midway, June 1942
to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
detention
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle
servant
to serve in the army / in active service
Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
military campaign
to enslave
Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II
bailiff of feudal yamen
odd jobs / part-time worker
to serve in the army
forced labor / corvée / penal servitude
one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
to order (sb) about / (by extension) to put to use
forced labor / corvee
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces
Battle of Mt Mengliang in Shandong of 1947 between the Nationalists and Communists
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
military service
chameleon
(military) active duty / (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)
forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
corvee / laborer
farm work


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