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| อีแร้งบินสูง แต่เวลาหิวก็โฉบลงมากินหมาเน่า เปรียบดั่งคนมีการศึกษาสูง พอตัณหาเกิดก็ทำอะไรต่ำ ๆ เหมือนคนไม่มีการศึกษาเลย eeM raaengH binM suungR dtaaeL waehM laaM hiuR gaawF cho:hpL lohngM maaM ginM maaR naoF bpriiapL dangL khohnM meeM gaanM seukL saaR suungR phaawM dtanM haaR geertL gaawF thamM aL raiM dtamL meuuanR khohnM maiF meeM gaanM seukL saaR leeuyM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อี-แร้ง-บิน-สูง-แต่-เว-ลา-หิว-ก้อ-โฉบ-ลง-มา-กิน-หฺมา-เน่า-เปฺรียบ-ดั่ง-คน-มี-กาน-สึก-สา-สูง-พอ-ตัน-หา-เกิด-ก้อ-ทำ-อะ-ไร-ต่ำ-เหฺมือน-คน-ไม่-มี-กาน-สึก-สา-เลย |
| IPA | ʔiː rɛ́ːŋ bin sǔːŋ tɛ̀ː weː laː hǐw kɔ̂ː tɕʰòːp loŋ maː kin mǎː nâw prìːap dàŋ kʰon miː kaːn sɯ̀k sǎː sǔːŋ pʰɔː tan hǎː kɤ̀ːt kɔ̂ː tʰam ʔàʔ raj tàm mɯ̌ːan kʰon mâj miː kaːn sɯ̀k sǎː lɤːj |
| Royal Thai General System | iraeng bin sung tae wela hio ko chop long ma kin ma nao priap dang khon mi kan sueksa sung pho tanha koet ko tham arai tam muean khon mai mi kan sueksa loei |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Vultures soar high, but when they are hungry, they swoop down to consume carrion; similarly, base cravings cause educated people to act as if they are ignorant." | ||
| components | อีแร้ง | eeM raaengH | vulture |
บิน  | binM | to fly | |
 สูง | suungR | [is] tall; high; advanced | |
| แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
เวลา  | waehM laaM | [general] time [as in space and time] | |
| หิว | hiuR | [is] hungry; starved; starving | |
| ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| โฉบ | cho:hpL | to pounce; swoop down; lunge | |
ลงมา | lohngM maaM | to descend; go down | |
| กิน | ginM | to eat or drink; consume; exploit | |
| หมา | maaR | dog | |
| เน่า | naoF | [is] rotten; decayed; dead; putrid; spoiled | |
| เปรียบ | bpriiapL | to compare; to contrast | |
| ดั่ง | dangL | [poetic, formal, written Thai] similar to; just like | |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
| การศึกษา | gaanM seukL saaR | education | |
| สูง | suungR | [is] tall; high; advanced | |
| พอ | phaawM | upon; just when; as soon as; at the moment when | |
| ตัณหา | dtanM haaR | Tanha; craving; lust; desire; thirst | |
| เกิด | geertL | to be born; to birth; to happen | |
| ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| ทำอะไร | thamM aL raiM | to do anything; do something | |
| ต่ำ | dtamL | [is] low; short; depressed; base | |
| เหมือน | meuuanR | [is] similar; all the same; like; as | |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| ไม่มี | maiF meeM | to not have | |
| การศึกษา | gaanM seukL saaR | education | |
| เลย | leeuyM | [used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!; completely, directly; simply, without doing anything else first; right away | |
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