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¼èÒ  phaaL
pronunciation guide
Phonemic Thai¼èÒ
IPApʰàː
Royal Thai General Systempha

 [verb]
definition
cleave; cut open; slit; split; divide

related wordáËÇРwaeLto cut openly roughly; to rip open; to make an incision; to slit open; to carve into; to sever
examples¡ÒüèÒàËÅèҢͧÂÕ¹gaanM phaaL laoL khaawngR yeenMgenetic mutation
¼èҵѴphaaL dtatLto perform surgery (a medical operation); surgical
¡ÒüèҵѴ gaanM phaaL dtatLsurgery, a medical operation
¿éÒ¼èÒfaaH phaaLa thunderbolt, a lightning strike or discharge
àÊé¹¼èÒÈÙ¹Âì¡ÅÒ§sehnF phaaL suun[y]R glaangMdiameter
sample
sentence
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khwaanR phaaL saakF
"Splitting hardwood with an axe." [a Thai idiom meaning] to give a task its due; to see things as they are; to be realistic [as in the English idiom "to call a spade a spade."]

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