ใจหล่น(jai lòn)
Meanings
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[to] be startled; [to] have one's heart sink
to be suddenly startled, frightened, or dismayed; to feel one's heart sink because of fear, shock, or disappointment
Examples
ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodหาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)พาสปอร์ตpáat-sà-bpòtพาสปอร์ตpáat-sà-bpòt1passport booklet (physical item)2passport (travel document)ไม่เจอmâi jerไม่เจอmâi jer[to] not find [sth/sb]ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ใจหล่นjai lònใจหล่นjai lòn[to] be startled; [to] have one's heart sinkไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)อยู่ที่yòo têeอยู่ที่yòo têe1[to] be at; be located at2[to] depend on; be up to3[to] be at (a level/amount)ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3grid square; mesh4eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)5[to] stare; [to] gaze6turn (in a game)ตุ่มdtùmตุ่มdtùm1water jar; large earthen jar2bump; lump; swelling3pimple-like lesion4knob; nubนึกว่าnéuk wâaนึกว่าnéuk wâa1[to] think/assume (that)2I thought…! (exclam.)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)ไปเที่ยวbpai tîiaoไปเที่ยวbpai tîiao1[to] go out for fun; hang out2[to] travel for leisure; go on a trip; go sightseeing3[to] drop by for fun; pay a casual visitแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
When I couldn't find my passport, my heart sank to my ankles; I thought I wouldn't get to go on the trip.
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ใจหล่นjai lònใจหล่นjai lòn[to] be startled; [to] have one's heart sink