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How to say to ride the wrong way
in Thai
ย้อนศร
yáawn-sǒn
to ride the wrong way
yáawn highsǒn rising
Literally 'against the arrow'. Common on sois to avoid a long U-turn, and a big cause of crashes.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Literally
- against the arrow
In a sentence
- อย่าขับย้อนศรyàa kàp yáawn-sǒnDon't ride the wrong way.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Left side, wrong way and the zebra crossing
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- ด่านcheckpoint
- ค่าปรับfine (amount)
- ใบสั่งtraffic ticket
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