เปรียบประดุจ(bprìiap bprà-dùt)
Meanings
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(formal) [to] liken; compare (to [sth]); be likened to
to describe someone or something as being like something else in a figurative, often poetic or formal, comparison
Examples
สำหรับsăm-ràpสำหรับsăm-ràp1for; intended for; for the purpose of2as for; regardingฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เพื่อนแท้pêuuan táeเพื่อนแท้pêuuan táetrue friend; real friendเปรียบประดุจbprìiap bprà-dùtเปรียบประดุจbprìiap bprà-dùt(formal) [to] liken; compare (to [sth]); be likened toของขวัญkŏng kwănของขวัญkŏng kwăngift; presentล้ำค่าlám kâaล้ำค่าlám kâapriceless; highly valuableจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)สวรรค์sà-wănสวรรค์sà-wăn1heaven; paradise2bliss; great comfort
For me, a true friend is like a precious gift from heaven.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ดุจดังdùt dangดุจดังdùt dangas; like (formal, literary)
as; like (formal, literary)
เปรียบดังbprìiap dangเปรียบดังbprìiap dang[to] liken; compare (as/like)
[to] liken; compare (as/like)
ประดุจbprà-dùtประดุจbprà-dùt(literary) like; as
(literary) like; as
เปรียบเสมือนbprìiap sà-mĕuuanเปรียบเสมือนbprìiap sà-mĕuuan[to] be likened to; [to] be analogous to; [to] be as if
[to] be likened to; [to] be analogous to; [to] be as if
เปรียบดั่งbprìiap dàngเปรียบดั่งbprìiap dàng[to] liken; compare (A) to (B) (literary)
[to] liken; compare (A) to (B) (literary)
Word Breakdown
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เปรียบประดุจbprìiap bprà-dùtเปรียบประดุจbprìiap bprà-dùt(formal) [to] liken; compare (to [sth]); be likened to