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| กระดูกสันหลังของชาติ graL duukL sanR langR khaawngR chaatF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | กฺระ-ดูก-สัน-หฺลัง-ของ-ชาด |
| IPA | kràʔ dùːk sǎn lǎŋ kʰɔ̌ːŋ tɕʰâːt |
| Royal Thai General System | kraduk san lang khong chat |
| [noun, idiom] | |||
| definition | [an idiom comparing the rice farmers as] the pillar/backbone of the country | ||
| components |  กระดูก   | graL duukL | bone |
| สัน | sanR | the long line of the back; backbone; knife edge | |
| หลัง | langR | behind; following; at the rear | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| ชาติ | chaatF | national; of a nation; race; of a country | |
| related words | ค่าโดยสาร | khaaF dooyM saanR | fare, the fee paid for transportation |
| ชาวนา | chaaoM naaM | rice farmer | |
| ชาวไร่ชาวนา | chaaoM raiF chaaoM naaM | farmer; agriculturalist | |
| หลังสู้ฟ้า หน้าสู้ดิน | langR suuF faaH naaF suuF dinM | [an idiom indicating how farmers work and the arduousness of their work] "back against the sky; face against the land/soil/paddy field" | |
| sample sentence | มันคือวิถีชีวิตดั้งเดิมของเกษตรกรไทยผู้เป็นกระดูกสันหลังของชาติ ราว 60-70% จากจำนวนประชากรทั้งประเทศ manM kheuuM wiH theeR cheeM witH dangF deermM khaawngR gaL saehtL dtraL gaawnM thaiM phuuF bpenM graL duukL sanR langR khaawngR chaatF raaoM jaakL jamM nuaanM bpraL chaaM gaawnM thangH bpraL thaehtF "This is the traditional way of life of the Thai farmer who constitute the backbone of the nation and comprises 60-70 percent of the population." | ||
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