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| ขยันตัวเป็นเกลียวหัวเป็นน็อต khaL yanR dtuaaM bpenM gliaaoM huaaR bpenM nawtH |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | ขะ-หฺยัน-ตัว-เป็น-เกฺลียว-หัว-เป็น-น็อด |
| IPA | kʰà jǎn tuːa pen kliːaw hǔːa pen nɔ́t |
| Royal Thai General System | khayan tua pen kliao hua pen not |
| [adjective, phrase, colloquial, idiom] | |||
| definition | (physically) hardworking | ||
| notes | literal meaning: so diligent and industrious that one's body gets twisted like spiral or a screw's thread and head turns into a nut | ||
| components | ขยัน  | khaL yanR | [is] diligent; industrious; persevering; (mentally) hard-working |
 ตัว | dtuaaM | [of a person] self; himself; herself; yourself; themselves; [things] itself | |
| เป็น | bpenM | [qualifying conjunction] which is...; which was...; to look like; to resemble | |
| เกลียว | gliaaoM | a twist; coil; braid; helix; spiral | |
| หัว | huaaR | head; brain; bulb; tuber | |
| เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
| น็อต | nawtH | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] "nut" or "knot" | |
| related word | ขยันตัวเป็นเกลียว | khaL yanR dtuaaM bpenM gliaaoM | (physically) hardworking |
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