หักร้างถางพง(hàk ráang tăang pong)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] clear wild land

to clear an overgrown, wild area of trees and bushes to prepare it for cultivation or settlement.

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherหักร้างถางพงhàk ráang tăang pongหักร้างถางพงhàk ráang tăang pong1[to] clear wild land2[to] pioneer; [to] break new ground (figurative)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเตรียมdtriiamเตรียมdtriiam1[to] prepare [sb/sth] for [sth]2[to] be prepared; be ready3[to] prepare; get readyพื้นที่púen têeพื้นที่púen têe1area; space; surface; land area2region; zone; locality; area3local; on-site; field (modifier)4field; scope (figurative)สำหรับsăm-ràpสำหรับsăm-ràp1for; intended for; for the purpose of2as for; regardingปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ข้าวโพดkâao pôhtข้าวโพดkâao pôht1corn; maize (plant)2corn kernels (food)3classifier: ears/cobs of corn (ฝัก)
The villagers helped each other clear the overgrown land to prepare the area for planting corn.
2VerbB2

[to] pioneer; [to] break new ground (figurative)

to start something new by overcoming many obstacles, like opening a field where none existed before; to do pioneering work.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleที่มาtêe maaที่มาtêe maa1background; provenance; etymology2source; reference (citation)3origin; sourceหักร้างถางพงhàk ráang tăang pongหักร้างถางพงhàk ráang tăang pong1[to] clear wild land2[to] pioneer; [to] break new ground (figurative)วงการเพลงwong gaan playngวงการเพลงwong gaan playngmusic industry; music sceneอินดี้in-dêeอินดี้in-dêe1indie; non-mainstream; independent2an indie person; non-mainstream personในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ยุคyúkยุคyúk1era; age; period2generation; one’s timeแรกๆrâek râekแรกๆrâek râek1at first; initially; early on2early; initial (first few)
He is the one who did the pioneering work in the indie music scene in the early days.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

หักร้างhàk ráangหักร้างhàk ráang[to] clear land; [to] reclaimPart 1
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ถางtăangถางtăang[to] clear (land); cut back growthPart 2
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พงpongพงpong1thicket; dense brush; scrub2clump; patch (of grass/reeds)3clan; lineage; genealogy (literary)Part 3
หักร้างถางพงhàk ráang tăang pongหักร้างถางพงhàk ráang tăang pong[to] clear wild land