การล่า
gaan lâa
Meanings
1NounB1
hunting; pursuit
the activity of pursuing and killing or capturing wild animals; by extension, the act of pursuing a target or goal
Examples
ในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyผู้คนpôo konผู้คนpôo konpeople; the publicดำรงชีวิตdam-rong chee-wítดำรงชีวิตdam-rong chee-wít1[to] live; sustain life2[to] subsist; sustain a livelihood3[to] lead one’s lifeด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toการล่าสัตว์gaan lâa sàtการล่าสัตว์gaan lâa sàthunting (wild animals)
In the old days, people lived by hunting animals.
2NounB2
predatory pursuit
the act of aggressively seeking or pursuing something desired (e.g., attention, profits), often with a negative connotation
Examples
การล่าแสงgaan lâa săengการล่าแสงgaan lâa săenglight chasing (photography)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsดาราdaa-raaดาราdaa-raa1celebrity; star (entertainment)2star (astronomy) [formal/lit.]บางคนbaang konบางคนbaang konsome people; some personsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]พวกเขาpûuak kăoพวกเขาpûuak kăothey; them (people)สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developข่าวปลอมkàao bplomข่าวปลอมkàao bplom1fake news2disinformation (fake news)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)
Some celebrities' hunt for the spotlight leads them to create fake news.
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Word Breakdown
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การล่าgaan lâaการล่าgaan lâahunting; pursuit