Significado
Describing someone physically strong and diligent.
Contexto cultural
The idiom reflects the 'Viriya' (effort) paramita in Buddhism, where persistent effort is seen as a path to success and spiritual merit. In villages, a man's 'let-kyaw-tin' status is often judged by how early he goes to the field and how late he returns. In cities like Yangon, the term is now used for delivery riders and manual laborers who work long hours in the heat. Parents use the negative 'let-kyaw-ma-tin' to motivate children to study harder or help with chores.
Use it for praise
It's one of the best compliments you can give to a worker or a helper in Myanmar.
Avoid literal use
Don't use it to describe actual muscle pain or tightness; use 'ညောင်းတယ်' (nyaung-tal) instead.
Significado
Describing someone physically strong and diligent.
Use it for praise
It's one of the best compliments you can give to a worker or a helper in Myanmar.
Avoid literal use
Don't use it to describe actual muscle pain or tightness; use 'ညောင်းတယ်' (nyaung-tal) instead.
The 'Ma' trick
Insert 'Ma' (မ) between 'Kyaw' and 'Tin' to instantly turn it into a criticism of laziness.
Rural vs Urban
In rural areas, it's a literal physical check; in urban areas, it's a character check.
Teste-se
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the idiom.
ကျွန်တော့်မောင်လေးက အရမ်း ______ ၊ အိမ်အလုပ်တွေ အကုန်လုပ်တယ်။
Since he does all the housework, he is hardworking (လက်ကြောတင်းတယ်).
Which sentence is a compliment?
Choose the positive sentence:
Being 'let-kyaw-tin' is a positive trait.
Match the situation to the phrase.
A person who sleeps all day and avoids chores is...
Avoiding work is the definition of 'let-kyaw-ma-tin'.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဒီဝန်ထမ်းသစ်လေး ဘယ်လိုလဲ။ B: တော်တော်လေး ______ ဗျ၊ ခိုင်းသမျှ အကုန်လုပ်တယ်။
Doing everything asked is a sign of being 'let-kyaw-tin'.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Recursos visuais
Hardworking vs Lazy
Banco de exercicios
4 exerciciosကျွန်တော့်မောင်လေးက အရမ်း ______ ၊ အိမ်အလုပ်တွေ အကုန်လုပ်တယ်။
Since he does all the housework, he is hardworking (လက်ကြောတင်းတယ်).
Choose the positive sentence:
Being 'let-kyaw-tin' is a positive trait.
A person who sleeps all day and avoids chores is...
Avoiding work is the definition of 'let-kyaw-ma-tin'.
A: ဒီဝန်ထမ်းသစ်လေး ဘယ်လိုလဲ။ B: တော်တော်လေး ______ ဗျ၊ ခိုင်းသမျှ အကုန်လုပ်တယ်။
Doing everything asked is a sign of being 'let-kyaw-tin'.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Perguntas frequentes
10 perguntasNo, it can be used for anyone regardless of gender.
Yes, if they study very hard and are diligent with their tasks.
It's neutral/informal. In very formal writing, 'Wiri-ya-shi' is preferred.
The opposite is 'Let-kyaw-ma-tin' (lazy/weak).
It implies strength, but the focus is on the *willingness* to work hard.
It sounds a bit boastful, but you can say 'I try to be let-kyaw-tin'.
Yes, especially when discussing the reliability of staff.
Not directly, but it aligns with Buddhist values of effort.
It sounds like 'Jaw' in English.
Yes, that is the adjective form used before a noun.
Frases relacionadas
အလုပ်ကြိုးစား
synonymTo work hard
လက်ကြောမတင်း
contrastLazy / Weak
ဝီရိယရှိ
similarTo have diligence
ပင်ပန်းခံ
builds onTo endure hardship
