抽壯丁
chōu​zhuàng​dīng

to press-gang

  • created reference approved 抽壮丁/抽壯丁 → 抽丁 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抽壮丁 / 抽壯丁 chōu​zhuàng​dīng

    抽丁 chōu​dīng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 抽壮丁/抽壯丁 · chōu​zhuàng​dīng · to press-gang — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抽壮丁 / 抽壯丁

    chōu​zhuàng​dīng

    to press-gang

    to press-gang able-bodied men into military service; a practice used by rulers in old China to forcibly recruit soldiers

    抽, 壮丁

    抽 (literal) → 抽 · chōu · to extract 壮丁 (literal) → 壮丁/壯丁 · zhuàng​dīng · able-bodied man

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense