การเปรียบเปรย
gaan bprìiap bproi
Meanings
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figurative comparison; simile/metaphorical likening
The act of comparing one thing to another in a figurative way (explicitly or implicitly) to clarify or embellish meaning.
Examples
นักเขียนnák kĭianนักเขียนnák kĭianwriter; authorใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]การเปรียบเปรยgaan bprìiap bproiการเปรียบเปรยgaan bprìiap bproifigurative comparison; simile/metaphorical likeningเพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatผู้อ่านpôo àanผู้อ่านpôo àan1reader; person who reads2readership; readers as a group3reader/reciter (reads aloud)เห็นภาพชัดเจนhĕn pâap chát-jaynเห็นภาพชัดเจนhĕn pâap chát-jayn1[to] see an image clearly2[to] understand [sth] clearlyขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better
The writer uses figurative comparison to help the reader visualize more clearly.
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การเปรียบเปรยgaan bprìiap bproiการเปรียบเปรยgaan bprìiap bproifigurative comparison; simile/metaphorical likening