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Jyutping aa2 baa1 hek3 wong4 lin4
Pinyin yǎ ba chī huáng lián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])