เดินไกล(dern glai)
Meanings
1VerbA2
[to] walk far
To walk a long distance; to go on a long walk.
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เดินไกลdern glaiเดินไกลdern glai1[to] walk far2to progress far (figurative)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเมื่อยmêuuaiเมื่อยmêuuai1sore; achy; stiff2to feel sore/acheขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3fan; admirer4polite sentence-final particle (female speech)5classifier: legs (of animals/objects)
Today I walked a long distance and my legs are sore.
2VerbB2
to progress far (figurative)
To advance or make significant progress (in career, life, etc.).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanพนักงานpá-nák-ngaan1employee; staff member; worker2attendant; clerk (service role)ฝึกหัดfèuk-hàtฝึกหัดfèuk-hàt1[to] practice; train2trainee; apprentice (used in compounds)3under training; trainee (modifier)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)อาชีพaa-chêepอาชีพaa-chêep1livelihood; means of living2occupation; profession; careerของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเดินไกลdern glaiเดินไกลdern glai1[to] walk far2to progress far (figurative)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
He started as a trainee, but his career has come very far now.
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เดินไกลdern glaiเดินไกลdern glai[to] walk far