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เมื่อสถานการณ์ยืดเยื้อมาถึงขนาดนี้แล้ว การล้อมคอก หลัง วัวหาย ก็ถือว่าดีกว่าปล่อยให้เหตุการณ์บานปลาย meuuaF saL thaanR naH gaanM yeuutF yeuuaH maaM theungR khaL naatL neeH laaeoH gaanM laawmH khaawkF langR wuaaM haaiR gaawF theuuR waaF deeM gwaaL bplaawyL haiF haehtL gaanM baanM bplaaiM |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | เมื่อ-สะ-ถาน-นะ-กาน-ยืด-เยื้อ-มา-ถึง-ขะ-หฺนาด-นี้-แล้ว-กาน-ล้อม-คอก-หฺลัง-วัว-หาย-ก้อ-ถือ-ว่า-ดี-กฺว่า-ปฺล่อย-ไฮ่-เหด-กาน-บาน-ปฺลาย |
IPA | mɯ̂ːa sà tʰǎːn ná kaːn jɯ̂ːt jɯ́ːa maː tʰɯ̌ŋ kʰà nàːt níː lɛ́ːw kaːn lɔ́ːm kʰɔ̂ːk lǎŋ wuːa hǎːj kɔ̂ː tʰɯ̌ː wâː diː kwàː plɔ̀ːj hâj hèːt kaːn baːn plaːj |
Royal Thai General System | muea sathanna kan yuet yuea ma thueng khanat ni laeo kan lom khok lang wua hai ko thue wa di kwa ploi hai het kan ban plai |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "When circumstances have gone this far already, 'closing the barn door' after 'the horses have escaped' is better than better than allowing the situation to escalate." | ||
components | เมื่อ | meuuaF | [indicating a point in time] when; on (a date) |
สถานการณ์ | saL thaanR naH gaanM | situation; predicament; scenario; position; event | |
ยืดเยื้อ | yeuutF yeuuaH | [is] prolonged; protracted; extending or extensive; dragging on; lasting; interminable; never-ending | |
มาถึง | maaM theungR | to arrive; reach (when coming); get (and bring) | |
ขนาด | khaL naatL | dimensions; size; measurement | |
นี้ | neeH | this; these | |
แล้ว | laaeoH | [positioned at the end of a clause indicating current position, fulfilment of a condition, emphasis, or confirmation] already; any more | |
การ | gaanM | [placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes] | |
ล้อมคอก | laawmH khaawkF | to build an enclosure (for animals); build stalls; fence in | |
หลัง | langR | after [temporal] | |
วัว | wuaaM | cow; ox; bovine | |
หาย | haaiR | to disappear; lose; lost; be missing | |
ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
ถือว่า | theuuR waaF | to think that...; regard as...; deem that...; believe that... | |
ดีกว่า | deeM gwaaL | [is] better than...; better not; would rather...; had better... | |
ปล่อยให้ | bplaawyL haiF | to let; allow | |
เหตุการณ์ | haehtL gaanM | event; incident; occurrence; situation; circumstance; happening; story; account | |
บานปลาย | baanM bplaaiM | to escalate; to get out of hand | |