วงจรอุบาทว์(wong-jon ù-bàat)

Meanings

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vicious cycle; vicious circle

A chain of bad events that keep causing each other, making the situation worse; a vicious cycle or vicious circle.

Examples

คนจนkon jonคนจนkon jonpoor person; the poorไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)เรียนriianเรียนriian1[to] study; learn2[to] take (a course/subject)3[to] respectfully inform; address (formal)พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเรียนriianเรียนriian1[to] study; learn2[to] take (a course/subject)3[to] respectfully inform; address (formal)น้อยnóiน้อยnói1few; little; small (amount/number)2less; to a lesser degree3young; junior (name/title use)4seldom; rarelyก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerหางานhăa ngaanหางานhăa ngaan[to] look for a job; seek employmentดีๆdee deeดีๆdee dee1properly; carefully; nicely; politely2really good; decent; properไม่ได้mâi 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)ทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofต่อไปdtòr bpaiต่อไปdtòr bpai1on; further (continue doing sth)2next; following (in order)3from now on; henceforth4next; subsequentเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsวงจรอุบาทว์wong-jon ù-bàatวงจรอุบาทว์wong-jon ù-bàatvicious cycle; vicious circle
Poor people don't have money for their children's education. With little education, they can't find good jobs, keeping them poor. It's a vicious cycle.