ด้วยลำแข้ง(dûuai lam kâeng)
Meanings
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by one's own effort
by one's own effort; through one's own hard work, without help from others.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)มาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] originate/derive from3[to] result from; be due toครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotร่ำรวยrâm ruuayร่ำรวยrâm ruuay1rich; wealthy2abundant (figurative)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developธุรกิจtú-rá-gìtธุรกิจtú-rá-gìt1business (commercial activity)2business (company; enterprise)3business affairs; work mattersนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)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)ด้วยลำแข้งdûuai lam kâengด้วยลำแข้งdûuai lam kâengby one's own effortของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngone's own
He doesn't come from a rich family, but he built this business through his own hard work.
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ด้วยลำแข้งdûuai lam kâengด้วยลำแข้งdûuai lam kâengby one's own effort