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| กระดูกสันหลังของชาติ graL duukL sanR langR khaawngR chaatF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | กฺระ-ดูก-สัน-หฺลัง-ของ-ชาด |
| IPA | kràʔ dùːk sǎn lǎŋ kʰɔ̌ːŋ tɕʰâːt |
| Royal Thai General System | kraduk san lang khong chat |
| [noun, idiom] | |||
| definition | [an idiom comparing the rice farmers as] the pillar/backbone of the country | ||
| components |  กระดูก   | graL duukL | bone |
| สัน | sanR | the long line of the back; backbone; knife edge | |
| หลัง | langR | behind; after; following; at the rear | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| ชาติ | chaatF | national; of a nation; race; of a country | |
| related words | ค่าโดยสาร | khaaF dooyM saanR | fare, the fee paid for transportation |
| ชาวนา | chaaoM naaM | rice farmer | |
| ชาวไร่ชาวนา | chaaoM raiF chaaoM naaM | farmer; agriculturalist | |
| หลังสู้ฟ้า หน้าสู้ดิน | langR suuF faaH naaF suuF dinM | [an idiom indicating how farmers work and the arduousness of their work] "back against the sky; face against the land/soil/paddy field" | |
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