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| ขวานผ่าซาก khwaanR phaaL saakF | ![]() |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ขฺวาน-ผ่า-ซาก |
| IPA | kʰwǎːn pʰàː sâːk |
| Royal Thai General System | khwan pha sak |
| [example sentence, idiom] | |||
| definition | "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."]" | ||
| categories | |||
| components | ขวาน ![]() | khwaanR | ax; axe; hatchet |
ผ่า ![]() | phaaL | to cleave; cut open; slit; split; divide | |
| ไม้ซาก | maaiH saakF | hardwood of the Serianthes grandiflora tree | |
| sample sentence | |||

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