苦役

pàn chǔ kǔ yì

判处苦役

sentence to hard labour

kǔ yì fàn rén

苦役犯人

a convict sentenced to hard labour

zhè yàng de zuì xíng jiāng huì chǔ yǐ jiān jìn huò kǔ yì

这样的罪行将会处以监禁或苦役。

Such an offence shall be punished by detention in prison or at hard labour.

fú kǔ yì

服苦役

serve one's time in hard labour

zhè shì yī zhǒng pàn fá kǔ yì de shēng huó

这是一种判罚苦役的生活。

This is a penalty of life with hard labor.

xiǎo lǐ bèi xuān pàn fú wǔ nián kǔ yì

小李被宣判服五年苦役。

Xiao Li was condemned to five years in the galleys.