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How to say to have a dry spell (in the rainy season)
in Thai
ฝนทิ้งช่วง
fǒn-tíng-chûang
to have a dry spell (in the rainy season)
fǒn risingtíng highchûang falling
Literally "the rain abandons the period": weeks without rain right after planting, the farmer's nightmare.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Literally
- the rain abandons a stretch
In a sentence
- ฝนทิ้งช่วงนานfǒn-tíng-chûang naana long dry spell
From the same situation: Agriculture and rural life
- เกษตรกรfarmer (general)
- การเกษตรagriculture, farming
- ภาคเกษตรthe agricultural sector
- ชาวสวนorchard or plantation grower
- ชาวไร่field-crop farmer
- ไร่rai (1,600 m²); upland field
- ตารางวาsquare wa (4 m²)
- แปลงplot, bed (of land)
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