สั่งสมบารมี(sàng sŏm baa-rá-mee)

Meanings

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[to] accumulate prestige; [to] build up merit

To gradually build up moral authority and spiritual perfections through repeated good deeds; also used for gaining prestige or influence over time.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateช่วยเหลือchûuai-lĕuuaช่วยเหลือchûuai-lĕuua1[to] help; assist2aid; assistance; support3to rescue; to provide reliefสังคมsăng-komสังคมsăng-kom1society; community2social; societal3social circle; social world4social studies (subject)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofสั่งสมบารมีsàng sŏm baa-rá-meeสั่งสมบารมีsàng sŏm baa-rá-mee[to] accumulate prestige; [to] build up meritหวังว่าwăng wâaหวังว่าwăng wâa1[to] hope (that)2hopefully; I/we hope (that)สักวันsàk wanสักวันsàk wan1someday; one day (in the future)2about a day; roughly one dayจะได้jà dâaiจะได้jà dâai1so that; in order that; that way2will be able to; get to; come to3then; so (result in instructions/explanations)เป็นผู้นำbpen pôo namเป็นผู้นำbpen pôo nam[to] lead; [to] be a leaderชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)
He has been doing social work for many years to build up prestige, hoping to one day become a community leader.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

สั่งsàngสั่งsàng1[to] command; instruct; direct2[to] order [sth]; place an order (food/goods)3[to] prescribe; order (medical/legal/official)Part 1
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สมบารมีsŏm-baa-rá-meeสมบารมีsŏm-baa-rá-meeperfected virtues; complete pāramīPart 2
สั่งสมบารมีsàng sŏm baa-rá-meeสั่งสมบารมีsàng sŏm baa-rá-mee[to] accumulate prestige; [to] build up merit