เจ้านายใจอ่อน(jâo naai jai òn)
Meanings
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a soft-hearted, lenient boss
a boss who is soft-hearted and easily swayed; sympathetic to subordinates and quick to relax rules or give in to requests
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)ปัญหาbpan-hăaปัญหาbpan-hăa1problem; issue2question (for discussion)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)เจ้านายjâo naaiเจ้านายjâo naai1boss; employer; superior2master; owner (of servant or animal)3lord; aristocrat (historical/formal)4patron; benefactor (figurative)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerใจอ่อนjai ònใจอ่อนjai òn1soft-hearted; tender-hearted2[to] relent; give in easily; be easily swayed3weak-willed; easily persuaded (neg.)ยอมให้yom hâiยอมให้yom hâi[to] allow; [to] permit; [to] letผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ลางานlaa ngaanลางานlaa ngaan[to] take leave from work; take time offได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
After I told him about my problem, my soft-hearted boss allowed me to take the day off.
Word Breakdown
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เจ้านายใจอ่อนjâo naai jai ònเจ้านายใจอ่อนjâo naai jai òna soft-hearted, lenient boss