啞巴吃黃連 [哑－－黄连]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    Synonym of 啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出／哑巴吃黄连——有苦说不出 (yǎba chī huánglián, yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū).
    (syn.) 哑巴吃黄连——有苦说不出, 啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出