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How to say slow and steady wins
in Thai
ช้าๆ ได้พร้าเล่มงาม
cháa-cháa dâai práa lêm ngaam
slow and steady wins
cháa highcháa highdâai fallingpráa highlêm fallingngaam mid
A blacksmith's patience: good work takes time.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- slowly you get a beautiful machete
In a sentence
- เรียนภาษาไทยช้าๆ ได้พร้าเล่มงามrian paa-sǎa tai cháa-cháa dâai práa lêm ngaamLearn Thai slowly and steadily.
From the same situation: Idioms, proverbs, humour
- สำนวนidiom, expression; style
- สุภาษิตproverb
- คำคมwitty saying, quote
- ตีความto interpret
- ตรงตัวliteral
- ขำfunny; to find funny
- ขำกลิ้งhilarious (rolling with laughter)
- ฮาhilarious (slang)
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