哑巴亏

Traditional: 啞巴虧

yǎ ba kuī

Dictionary entry

pent-up unspoken grievances

What does 哑巴亏 mean?

哑巴亏 (yǎ ba kuī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1pent-up unspoken grievances

2suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of

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哑yā(onom.) sound of cawing · sound of infant learning to talk 巴BāBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) · the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality 亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit · to be deficient

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哑巴亏

yǎ ba kuī

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