哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
Traditional: 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出Dictionary entry
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
What does 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 mean?
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 (yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū) has the following dictionary meaning.
1to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
2unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
3sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
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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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)黄Huángsurname Huang or Hwang连Liánsurname Lian有yǒuto have; there is · (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)苦kǔbitter · hardship说shuìto persuade
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