เสือยิ้ม(sĕuua yím)
Meanings
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smiling tiger; a seemingly friendly but dangerous/cunning person
a person who seems friendly and gentle but secretly has harmful, cunning, or ruthless intentions; literally “smiling tiger”
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offหลงเชื่อlŏng chêuuaหลงเชื่อlŏng chêuua[to] be taken in; be misled into believingคำหวานkam wăanคำหวานkam wăansweet words; flatteryของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเสือยิ้มsĕuua yímเสือยิ้มsĕuua yímsmiling tiger; a seemingly friendly but dangerous/cunning personที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotพร้อมprómพร้อมpróm1ready; prepared2equipped; provided with3along with; together with4together; simultaneouslyจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)หักหลังhàk lăngหักหลังhàk lăng[to] betray; stab in the backเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedโอกาสoh-gàatโอกาสoh-gàat1chance; opportunity2occasion3likelihood; probability
Don’t be fooled by his sweet words; he’s a smiling tiger ready to betray you when he gets the chance.
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เสือยิ้มsĕuua yímเสือยิ้มsĕuua yímsmiling tiger; a seemingly friendly but dangerous/cunning person