Signification
Having a solid start or base.
Contexte culturel
The concept of 'Auk-chay' is linked to the 'Five Infinite Venerables' (Parents, Teachers, etc.). A solid foundation often implies having been raised and taught well by these figures. In the Myanmar business world, 'Auk-chay-khaing' often refers to 'old money' or families with long-standing reputations, contrasting with 'new money' (Kyi-pwar-yay-thit). The Burmese education system traditionally emphasizes rote memorization of basics (like multiplication tables or Pali chants) to ensure students are 'Auk-chay-khaing'. Monks who have mastered the basic 'Vinaya' (rules) are said to be 'Auk-chay-khaing' in their practice, allowing them to pursue higher meditation.
Use it for praise
If you want to impress a Burmese teacher, tell them you want to make your 'Auk-chay-khaing' before moving to advanced levels.
Not for physical objects
Don't use it for a 'solid table' or a 'firm mattress'. Use 'Khaing-mar' or 'Tinn-tal' instead.
Signification
Having a solid start or base.
Use it for praise
If you want to impress a Burmese teacher, tell them you want to make your 'Auk-chay-khaing' before moving to advanced levels.
Not for physical objects
Don't use it for a 'solid table' or a 'firm mattress'. Use 'Khaing-mar' or 'Tinn-tal' instead.
Humility
Being 'Auk-chay-khaing' implies you haven't skipped steps. It's a sign of a humble, diligent worker.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct phrase.
သူက ငယ်ငယ်ကတည်းက စာကို သေချာသင်ခဲ့လို့ ______ တယ်။
The sentence describes someone who studied carefully since young, implying a solid foundation.
Which situation best fits the idiom 'အောက်ခြေခိုင်'?
Which of these people is 'အောက်ခြေခိုင်'?
The idiom refers to having strong fundamental knowledge or stability.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဒီကုမ္ပဏီက အသစ်ဆိုပေမယ့် အောင်မြင်နေတာပဲ။ B: ဟုတ်တယ်၊ သူတို့က ______ လို့လေ။
Success in business is often attributed to having a solid foundation.
Match the phrase to the context.
Match 'အောက်ခြေခိုင်' with its best context:
A well-trained doctor has a solid foundation of medical knowledge.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesသူက ငယ်ငယ်ကတည်းက စာကို သေချာသင်ခဲ့လို့ ______ တယ်။
The sentence describes someone who studied carefully since young, implying a solid foundation.
Which of these people is 'အောက်ခြေခိုင်'?
The idiom refers to having strong fundamental knowledge or stability.
A: ဒီကုမ္ပဏီက အသစ်ဆိုပေမယ့် အောင်မြင်နေတာပဲ။ B: ဟုတ်တယ်၊ သူတို့က ______ လို့လေ။
Success in business is often attributed to having a solid foundation.
Match 'အောက်ခြေခိုင်' with its best context:
A well-trained doctor has a solid foundation of medical knowledge.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
5 questionsNo, it is almost always used for skills, education, finance, or character. For health, use 'Kyan-mar'.
It is neutral. You can use it with your boss or with your friends.
The most direct opposite is 'အောက်ခြေမခိုင်' (foundation is not solid) or 'အပေါ်ယံ' (superficial/surface-level).
Yes, that is the literal meaning. 'ဒီအဆောက်အအုံက အောက်ခြေခိုင်တယ်' is perfectly correct.
Not exactly. A rich person might have money but no 'Auk-chay-khaing' if they don't know how to manage it or if they gained it dishonestly.
Expressions liées
အခြေခံကောင်း
synonymGood basics
အုတ်မြစ်ချ
builds onTo lay the foundation
အောက်ခြေလွတ်
contrastTo lose one's base
အခြေခိုင်
similarFirmly established
