เปรียบเปรย(bprìiap bproi)

Meanings

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[to] liken; compare figuratively

to make a figurative comparison, often indirectly or poetically, likening one thing to another to illustrate a point

Examples

ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)เปรียบเปรยbprìiap bproiเปรียบเปรยbprìiap bproi1[to] liken; compare figuratively2figurative comparisonความขยันkwaam kà-yănความขยันkwaam kà-yăndiligence; industriousnessเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughเมล็ดmá-létเมล็ดmá-lét1classifier: seeds; small grains2seed; kernel; pip3grain (single piece)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotรดน้ำrót náamรดน้ำrót náam1[to] water [plants/soil]2[to] pour water in a ritual/blessing (Thai custom)3[to] wash/rinse with water (practical)ทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); dailyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)โตdtohโตdtoh1[to] grow; mature2big; large; grown-up3grown-up; maturely (adv.)
The teacher figuratively compared diligence to a seed that grows when watered daily.
2NounC1

figurative comparison

a figurative or illustrative comparison used in speech or writing

Examples

ผู้บรรยายpôo ban-yaaiผู้บรรยายpôo ban-yaai1narrator; commentator; voice-over2lecturer; speaker3narrator; voice-over artist4commentator; announcerใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]คำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesเปรียบเปรยว่าbprìiap bproi wâaเปรียบเปรยว่าbprìiap bproi wâa[to] liken (figuratively); [to] say figuratively that...เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuanเป็นเหมือนbpen mĕuuan1[to] be like; resemble [sb/sth]; be similar to [sb/sth]2[to] amount to; be tantamount to; be effectively equivalent to [sth]สายน้ำsăai náamสายน้ำsăai náamstream; flow/current of waterที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotไหลlăiไหลlăi1[to] flow; run (liquid)2[to] stream; trickle down3[to] leak; discharge4the flow; currentไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ย้อนกลับyón glàpย้อนกลับyón glàp1[to] go back; revert2back; in reverse3back (button/action)
The speaker used a figurative comparison that time is like a river that never flows backward.

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Word Breakdown

เปรียบbprìiapเปรียบbprìiap1[to] compare2as; like (in comparisons)3[to] liken; use as a similePart 1
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เปรยbprəəiเปรยbprəəi[to] remark; [to] mention in passingPart 2
เปรียบเปรยbprìiap bproiเปรียบเปรยbprìiap bproi[to] liken; compare figuratively