ฉีกกว้าง(chèek gwâang)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] spread wide; pull/tear wide apart
to make or become very wide by pulling or tearing apart; to open something so it spreads broadly
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillดึงdeungดึงdeung1[to] pull; draw (toward oneself)2[to] attract; draw (attention/interest)3[to] pull back; retract; hold back4[to] drag (on a screen)กระดาษgrà-dàatกระดาษgrà-dàat1paper (material)2document; paperwork3sheet of paper; piece of paperจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉีกกว้างchèek gwâangฉีกกว้างchèek gwâang1[to] spread wide; pull/tear wide apart2very wide; widely split (incl. figurative gaps)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsช่องchâwngช่องchâwng1slot; opening; gap2compartment; section3TV channel; broadcast channel4opportunity; window5field (form); input box6lane; aisle; queue line7classifier for channels/slotsใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)
He pulled the paper until it tore wide into a big opening.
2AdjectiveB2
very wide; widely split (incl. figurative gaps)
very wide or far apart; used figuratively to describe a large gap or divergence (e.g., opinions, inequality)
Examples
ความเห็นkwaam hĕnความเห็นkwaam hĕn1opinion; view2official/legal opinion3opinion; commentของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsสองฝ่ายsŏng fàaiสองฝ่ายsŏng fàai1both sides; both parties2bilateral; involving both sidesฉีกกว้างchèek gwâangฉีกกว้างchèek gwâang1[to] spread wide; pull/tear wide apart2very wide; widely split (incl. figurative gaps)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofคุยกันkui ganคุยกันkui gan1[to] talk together; chat2[to] discuss; talk things through; negotiate3[to] be talking (romantically); be seeing each other (informal)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ลงตัวlong dtuuaลงตัวlong dtuua1fitting; just right; settled2[to] work out neatly; be settled
The two sides’ opinions are so far apart that they can’t reach an agreement.
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ฉีกกว้างchèek gwâangฉีกกว้างchèek gwâang[to] spread wide; pull/tear wide apart