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| บ้านเมืองเสียหาย เพราะคนดีเฉยเมยต่อการทำชั่วของคนเลว baanF meuuangM siiaR haaiR phrawH khohnM deeM cheeuyR meeuyM dtaawL gaanM thamM chuaaF khaawngR khohnM laayoM |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | บ้าน-เมือง-เสีย-หาย-เพฺราะ-คน-ดี-เฉย-เมย-ต่อ-กาน-ทำ-ชั่ว-ของ-คน-เลว |
| IPA | bâːn mɯːaŋ sǐːa hǎːj pʰrɔ́ʔ kʰon diː tɕʰɤ̌ːj mɤːj tɔ̀ː kaːn tʰam tɕʰûːa kʰɔ̌ːŋ kʰon leːw |
| Royal Thai General System | ban mueang sia hai phro khon di choei moei to kan tham chua khong khon leo |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." | ||
| notes | วาทะท่านเปรม ติณสูลานนท์ The English is attributable to Edmund Burke. | ||
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| components | บ้านเมือง | baanF meuuangM | the country, the land |
เสียหาย | siiaR haaiR | [is] damaged; negative | |
 เพราะ | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to | |
| คนดี | khohnM deeM | a good person | |
| เฉยเมย | cheeuyR meeuyM | [is] indifferent; unconcerned; passive; negligent | |
| ต่อ | dtaawL | against; towards; to; further; on; for | |
| 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] | |
| ทำชั่ว | thamM chuaaF | to do evil | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| คนเลว | khohnM laayoM | a jerk, a bad person | |
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