ความจำปลาทอง(kwaam jam bplaa tong)
Meanings
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goldfish memory; very poor memory
An idiom meaning a very poor or short memory; forgetting things quickly.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ต้องมีdtông meeต้องมีdtông mee[to] must have; [to] need to haveความจำปลาทองkwaam jam bplaa tongความจำปลาทองkwaam jam bplaa tonggoldfish memory; very poor memoryแน่ๆnâe nâeแน่ๆnâe nâedefinitely; for sure; certainlyเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)อ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕuอ่านหนังสือàan năng-sĕu[to] read; [to] studyจบjòpจบjòp1[to] end; be over2[to] complete; finish (an activity/task)3[to] graduate4finished; over; done5[to] drop it; end (discussion/argument)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledตัวละครdtuua lá-konตัวละครdtuua lá-kon1character (in a story, play, film, game)2player; person involved (in an event)ไปแล้วbpai láewไปแล้วbpai láew1[to] have gone; have left; be gone (completed action)2[to] be off now; I'm leaving (announcement)
I must have a goldfish memory; I just finished the book but I've already forgotten the character's name.
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ความจำปลาทองkwaam jam bplaa tongความจำปลาทองkwaam jam bplaa tonggoldfish memory; very poor memory