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Thai
Etymology
From เงิน (ngən, “silver”) + ทอง (tɔɔng, “gold”).
Pronunciation
Noun
เงินทอง • (ngən-tɔɔng)
- (idiomatic) money.
- (figurative) precious thing; valuable thing.
Usage notes
- Also found in four-syllable expressions, such as
- เสียเงินเสียทอง (sǐia-ngən-sǐia-tɔɔng, “to waste money”, literally “to waste silver, to waste gold”)
- เวลาเป็นเงินเป็นทอง (wee-laa bpen-ngən-bpen-tɔɔng, “time is a precious thing”, literally “time is silver, is gold”)
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