哑巴吃黄连

yǎ ba chī huáng lián · ya ba chi huang lian

Traditional 啞巴吃黃連

Meaning

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  1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. also written 啞巴吃黃蓮 / 哑巴吃黄莲
  3. (often precedes 有苦說不出 / 有苦说不出 (yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū))

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