What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 义务 mean?

义务 yìwù

duty; obligation

It can also mean

  • voluntary; unpaid (as in 义务劳动)

Its characters

  1. 义 yì justice
  2. 务 wù affair

In a sentence

保护环境是每个人的义务。 Protecting the environment is everyone's duty.

招聘广告常把五险一金写在“福利”一栏,但这其实是法律规定的义务:用人单位必须为员工交社保,住房公积金也有专门的条例。

From 五险一金是什么? · What is 五险一金 (wuxian yijin) in China?

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