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哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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Definitions
- 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])