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| เขามีใจเมตตาแต่ชอบพูดขวานผ่าซาก khaoR meeM jaiM maehtF dtaaM dtaaeL chaawpF phuutF khwaanR phaaL saakF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เขา-มี-ไจ-เมด-ตา-แต่-ชอบ-พูด-ขฺวาน-ผ่า-ซาก |
| IPA | kʰǎw miː tɕaj mêːt taː tɛ̀ː tɕʰɔ̂ːp pʰûːt kʰwǎːn pʰàː sâːk |
| Royal Thai General System | khao mi chai metta tae chop phut khwan pha sak |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "He is a very compassionate person but he is also brutally honest." | ||
| components |  เขา  | khaoR | [3rd person singular or plural pronoun] he; she; him; her; they; them |
| มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
| ใจ | jaiM | heart; spirit; spiritual center or core; soul; inner being; mind | |
| เมตตา | maehtF dtaaM | merciful; compassionate; clement; forgiving; generous; gracious; humane; kind; lenient; sparing; sympathetic; tender-hearted | |
| แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
| ชอบ | chaawpF | to like; to prefer; to be pleased with; to be fond of; to admire; to be satisfied with; to be right for | |
| พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
ขวานผ่าซาก | 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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