哑巴吃黄莲
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
idiom
Traditional: 啞巴吃黃蓮
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- (idiom) no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
- also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
- (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
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Related Words
哑巴吃黄连(yǎ ba chī huáng lián)— no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
→吃哑巴亏(chī yǎ ba kuī)— to be forced to suffer in silence
→哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出(yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū)— to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
→忍气吞声(rěn qì tūn shēng)— to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
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