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| ชิงไหวชิงพริบ chingM waiR chingM phripH |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ชิง-ไหฺว-ชิง-พฺริบ |
| IPA | tɕʰiŋ wǎj tɕʰiŋ pʰríp |
| Royal Thai General System | ching wai ching phrip |
| [verb] | |||
| definition | to outsmart; outwit; to gain an advantage over others | ||
| categories | |||
| components |  ชิง  | chingM | to snatch away, to wrest away from, to contest or compete for, to vie |
| ไหว | waiR | [syllable of ไหวพริบ used in ชิงไหวชิงพริบ ] | |
| ชิง | chingM | to snatch away, to wrest away from, to contest or compete for, to vie | |
| พริบ | phripH | [syllable of ไหวพริบ used in ชิงไหวชิงพริบ] | |
| sample sentence | ธรรมชาติของการเมืองเป็นเรื่องของการชิงไหวชิงพริบ ชิงความได้เปรียบ ไม่มีการยกประโยชน์ให้กับฝ่ายตรงข้ามเด็ดขาด thamM maH chaatF khaawngR gaanM meuuangM bpenM reuuangF khaawngR gaanM chingM waiR chingM phripH chingM khwaamM daiF bpriiapL maiF meeM gaanM yohkH bpraL yo:htL haiF gapL faaiL dtrohngM khaamF detL khaatL "It is in the nature of politics to outsmart (one’s opponent); to wrest all the advantages [one can]; [the objective] is absolutely not to hand over any benefits to one’s opposition." | ||
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