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| ใช้เต้าไต่ chaiH dtaoF dtaiL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ไช้-เต้า-ไต่ |
| IPA | tɕʰáj tâw tàj |
| Royal Thai General System | chai tao tai |
| [verb, intransitive, phrase, figurative, colloquial, idiom] | |||
| definition | [informal idiom literally meaning any woman who] "uses her breasts to climb up the career stairs"—using sex or body to pave the way for her promotion. This is an intended (reversed) pun of ไต่เต้า   .  | ||
| categories | |||
| components |  ใช้ | chaiH | to use, employ, exploit an object; utilize; resort to; implement |
| เต้า | dtaoF | [numerical classifier for breasts, electric stoves, hammers] | |
| ไต่ | dtaiL | to climb; to scale (a mountain); to move up slowly and carefully | |
| related word | ไต่เต้า | dtaiL dtaoF | [use with a career or an organization] to climp up to a higher position |
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