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ขวานผ่าซาก khwaanR phaaL saakF |
Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ขฺวาน-ผ่า-ซาก |
IPA | kʰwǎːn pʰàː sâːk |
Royal Thai General System | khwan pha sak |
[example sentence, idiom] | |||
definition | "Splitting hardwood with an axe." [a Thai idiom meaning] to give a task its due; to see things as they are; to be realistic [as in the English idiom "to call a spade a spade."]" | ||
categories | |||
components | ขวาน | khwaanR | ax; axe; hatchet |
ผ่า | phaaL | to cleave; cut open; slit; split; divide | |
ไม้ซาก | maaiH saakF | hardwood of the Serianthes grandiflora tree | |
sample sentence | |||