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How to say to play Sri Thanonchai (twisting words to dodge the rules)
in Thai
ทำตัวเป็นศรีธนญชัย
tam dtua bpen sǐi-tá-non-chai
to play Sri Thanonchai (twisting words to dodge the rules)
Said of someone who obeys the letter of a rule and breaks its spirit.
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- วรรณคดีclassical literature, the classics
- วรรณกรรมliterature, literary works (any period)
- ร้อยแก้วprose
- ร้อยกรองverse, poetry
- กวีpoet
- บทกวีpoem
- กลอนklon (the commonest Thai verse form)
- โคลงkhlong (verse form with tone-mark rules)
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