มีลูกล่อลูกชน(mee lôok lôr lôok chon)

Meanings

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[to] be shrewd; [to] use ploys/tactics

To handle matters with skill and strategy, often by using ploys or smart tactics, knowing when to be firm and when to be flexible.

Examples

เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เจรจาต่อรองjay-rá-jaa dtòr rongเจรจาต่อรองjay-rá-jaa dtòr rong[to] negotiate; bargain; haggleเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightมีลูกล่อลูกชนmee lôok lôr lôok chonมีลูกล่อลูกชนmee lôok lôr lôok chon[to] be shrewd; [to] use ploys/tacticsบ้างbâangบ้างbâang1sometimes; occasionally2plural/variety marker (after question/request)3somewhat; at least a little4some; any (unspecified, small set)ไม่ใช่mâi châiไม่ใช่mâi châi1is/are/am not; not (to be)2no (disagreement/denial)3not (emphatic correction)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เอาแต่ใจao dtàe jaiเอาแต่ใจao dtàe jai1self-centered; stubbornly willful2[to] insist on one’s own way; be self-indulgentอย่างเดียวyàang diaoอย่างเดียวyàang diao1only; just; solely; exclusively2alone; by itself (post-nominal)
When negotiating, we need to have some tactics, not just be insistent on getting our own way.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoPart 1
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ลูกล่อlôok lôrลูกล่อlôok lôr1mule2feint; deceptive movePart 2
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ลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)Part 3
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ชนchonชนchon1[to] crash; collide2people; tribe; class3[to] clink (glasses); toast4cl. for social classes/types (rare)Part 4
มีลูกล่อลูกชนmee lôok lôr lôok chonมีลูกล่อลูกชนmee lôok lôr lôok chon[to] be shrewd; [to] use ploys/tactics