รุ่นแล้วรุ่นเล่า(rûn láeo rûn lâo)

Meanings

1AdverbB2

generation after generation

happening or being passed on through many generations

Examples

ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsสืบทอดsèup tâwtสืบทอดsèup tâwt1[to] inherit; succeed to2[to] pass down; hand down3[to] carry on; continueกิจการgìt-jà-gaanกิจการgìt-jà-gaan1business; enterprise2affairs; operationsร้านอาหารráan aa-hăanร้านอาหารráan aa-hăanrestaurant; eateryนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ต่อกันมาdtò gan maaต่อกันมาdtò gan maa[to] be continued/passed along to the presentรุ่นแล้วรุ่นเล่าrûn láeo rûn lâoรุ่นแล้วรุ่นเล่าrûn láeo rûn lâogeneration after generation
His family has passed down this restaurant business from generation to generation.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

รุ่นrûnรุ่นrûn1seniority level; age group2model; version3generation; age cohort4class year; intake; batchPart 1
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แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)Part 2
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รุ่นrûnรุ่นrûn1seniority level; age group2model; version3generation; age cohort4class year; intake; batchPart 3
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เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)Part 4
รุ่นแล้วรุ่นเล่าrûn láeo rûn lâoรุ่นแล้วรุ่นเล่าrûn láeo rûn lâogeneration after generation