อุปมานิทัศน์(ùp-bpà-maa-ní-tát)

Meanings

1NounC1

parable; illustrative moral story

an illustrative story that conveys a moral or teaching; a parable (often used in religious or didactic contexts)

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พระอาจารย์prá aa-jaanพระอาจารย์prá aa-jaanVenerable teacher (Buddhist monk)ได้dâiได้dâi1[to] manage to; succeed in2[to] get; obtain; receive3actualized-action marker4can; [to] be able to; may5okay; sure; agreedเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)อุปมานิทัศน์ùp-bpà-maa-ní-tátอุปมานิทัศน์ùp-bpà-maa-ní-tát1parable; illustrative moral story2illustrative analogy/exampleเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1about; regarding (as a topic marker)2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4matter; issue; subjectพ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2prefix: male person; leader; father figure3sir; mister (rural/archaic)กับgàpกับgàp1to; toward (recipient/target)2and (informal)3with; together with4classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)5side dish; accompaniment6against; versusลูกชายlôok chaaiลูกชายlôok chaaison; male childที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)จากกันjàak ganจากกันjàak ganto part; be apart (from each other)ไปbpaiไปbpai1(aspect) completed; already past2[to] go3away; off (directional complement/particle)4on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)นานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)ให้hâiให้hâi1until; to the point that (result)2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3[to] give; provide4[to] allow; let; permit5so that; in order to6for (benefit of)นักเรียนnák riianนักเรียนnák riianschool student; pupilฟังfangฟังfang1[to] sound; seem (to the ear)2listen3heed
The venerable teacher told the students a parable about a father and his long-lost son.
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2NounC1

illustrative analogy/example

an illustrative analogy or exemplifying explanation used to clarify an idea in discourse or writing

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The teacher used the analogy of an iceberg to explain the concept of the conscious and subconscious mind.
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