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| กระโหล่บางตายช้า กระโหล่หนาตายก่อน graL lo:hL baangM dtaaiM chaaH graL lo:hL naaR dtaaiM gaawnL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | กฺระ-โหฺล่-บาง-ตาย-ช้า-กฺระ-โหฺล่-หฺนา-ตาย-ก่อน |
| IPA | kràʔ lòː baːŋ taːj tɕʰáː kràʔ lòː nǎː taːj kɔ̀ːn |
| Royal Thai General System | kra lo bang tai cha kra lo na tai kon |
| [example sentence, idiom] | |||
| definition | "The dull die fast; the smart die slow." | ||
| categories | |||
| components | กระ  | graL | [a prefix added to some words making them more intense] |
| โหล่ | lo:hL | [is] last; final; rearmost; hindmost | |
 บาง | baangM | [is] thin; weak; light; fine | |
| ตาย | dtaaiM | [general] to die; be dead; perish; decease; expire; terminate; pass away; (car) stop (working) | |
| ช้า | chaaH | late; behind schedule | |
| กระ | graL | [a prefix added to some words making them more intense] | |
| โหล่ | lo:hL | [is] last; final; rearmost; hindmost | |
| หนา | naaR | [is] thick; (of fabric) heavy | |
| ตาย | dtaaiM | [general] to die; be dead; perish; decease; expire; terminate; pass away; (car) stop (working) | |
| ก่อน | gaawnL | before; earlier; time gone by; prior to; in advance of; ahead of time; previously; formerly; initially; beforehand; firstly; first; now; ago | |
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