น้ำพักน้ำแรง(nám pák nám raeng)
Meanings
1NounB1
one’s own hard work; fruits of one’s labor
Earnings, possessions, or achievements gained through one’s own hard work and effort, without relying on others; the fruits of one’s labor.
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsน้ำพักน้ำแรงnám pák nám raengน้ำพักน้ำแรงnám pák nám raeng1one’s own hard work; fruits of one’s labor2[by] one’s own effortของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsพ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; base
This house is the fruit of Mom and Dad's labor.
2AdverbB2
[by] one’s own effort
In a way that shows something was done or obtained through one’s own hard work; by the sweat of one’s brow.
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herสร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developฐานะtăa-náฐานะtăa-ná1status; standing2financial means; economic status3capacity; role4condition; circumstancesขึ้นมาkêun 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)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toน้ำพักน้ำแรงnám pák nám raengน้ำพักน้ำแรงnám pák nám raeng1one’s own hard work; fruits of one’s labor2[by] one’s own effortของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngของตัวเองkŏng dtuua ayngone's ownล้วนๆlúuan-lúuanล้วนๆlúuan-lúuan1only; all; exclusive2purely; entirely; nothing but
She built her wealth purely by the sweat of her own brow.
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น้ำพักน้ำแรงnám pák nám raengน้ำพักน้ำแรงnám pák nám raengone’s own hard work; fruits of one’s labor