เล่นใหญ่(lên yài)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] be dramatic; [to] overact
to act in an exaggerated, dramatic, or over-the-top manner; to go all out.
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเล่นใหญ่lên yàiเล่นใหญ่lên yài[to] be dramatic; [to] overactไปหน่อยbpai nòiไปหน่อยbpai nòi1a bit (too); somewhat excessive2a little (farther/over); slightlyเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)แค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)หกล้มhòk lómหกล้มhòk lóm[to] fall downเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
Don't be so dramatic, you just fell down.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เว่อร์wêrเว่อร์wêr1exaggerated; over the top2over the top!; so extra!
- exaggerated; over the top
- over the top!; so extra!
โอเวอร์แอคติ้งoh-wêr-áek-dtîngโอเวอร์แอคติ้งoh-wêr-áek-dtîng1[to] overact2overacting (as a style)
- [to] overact
- overacting (as a style)
เวอร์wêrเวอร์wêr1[to] exaggerate; overdo it2version (abbr., slang; from Eng.)3over the top; exaggerated
- [to] exaggerate; overdo it
- version (abbr., slang; from Eng.)
- over the top; exaggerated
โอเวอร์oo-wêrโอเวอร์oo-wêr1over the top; exaggerated2too much; excessively3[to] go over a limit (informal)
- over the top; exaggerated
- too much; excessively
- [to] go over a limit (informal)
โวยวายโอเวอร์woi-waai oh-wêrโวยวายโอเวอร์woi-waai oh-wêr1[to] overreact loudly; make a big scene2overly dramatic and loud (making a fuss)
- [to] overreact loudly; make a big scene
- overly dramatic and loud (making a fuss)
Word Breakdown
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เล่นใหญ่lên yàiเล่นใหญ่lên yài[to] be dramatic; [to] overact