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หนีเสือปะจระเข้ neeR seuuaR bpaL jaawM raH khaehF |
Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | หฺนี-เสือ-ปะ-จอ-ระ-เค่ |
IPA | nǐː sɯ̌ːa pàʔ tɕɔː ráʔ kʰêː |
Royal Thai General System | ni suea pa chorakhe |
[example sentence, figurative, colloquial, idiom] | |||
definition | "Escape from a tiger only to happen upon a crocodile." [as in the English idiom, "Out of the frying pan and into the fire."] | ||
categories | |||
components | หนี | neeR | to escape; hurry away; flee |
เสือ | seuuaR | tiger | |
ปะ | bpaL | to happen upon; to meet with; to stumble across; to discover | |
จระเข้ | jaawM raH khaehF | alligator; crocodile | |