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| เดือนชนเดือน deuuanM chohnM deuuanM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เดือน-ชน-เดือน |
| IPA | dɯːan tɕʰon dɯːan |
| Royal Thai General System | duean chon duean |
| [adjective, phrase] | |||
| definition | [is] making ends meet; [living] from month to month | ||
| components |  เดือน  | deuuanM | month |
| ชน | chohnM | to collide; to crash; bump; bump together | |
| เดือน | deuuanM | month | |
| related words | ข้นแค้น | khohnF khaaenH | อัตคัด (destitute); ขัดสน (needy) |
| ขัดสน | khatL sohnR | [is] needy; in need of | |
| จน | johnM | [most commonly used term] [is] poor; penniless; having nothing; impoverished | |
| ร้อนเงิน | raawnH ngernM | [is] having financial difficulties; short of funds; in dire need of money | |
| ไส้แห้ง | saiF haaengF | [usually preceded by นักเขียน or นักประพันธ์] destitute; in straitened circumstances | |
| หาเช้ากินค่ำ | haaR chaaoH ginM khamF | to live from hand to mouth; [is] just able to put food on the table but not to accumulate wealth | |
| อัตคัด | atL dtaL khatH | destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken | |
| อัตคัดขัดสน | atL dtaL khatH khatL sohnR | on one's uppers; (to live) in straitened circumstances; destitute; penniless; down and out; impoverished; indigent; insolvent; moneyless; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken | |
| sample sentence | แม้จะไม่เริ่ดหรูเหมือนในฝัน มีใช้แค่เดือนชนเดือน เงินเก็บก็แทบไม่งอกเงย maaeH jaL maiF reertF ruuR meuuanR naiM fanR meeM chaiH khaaeF deuuanM chohnM deuuanM ngernM gepL gaawF thaaepF maiF ngaawkF ngeeuyM "Even though I did not live as lavishly as I had dreamed, [I] had just enough to live on; the money I saved almost didn’t grow at all." | ||
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