哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū

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Definitions

1. to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
2. unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
3. sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

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Child Words of 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 出 出 chū: to go out
• 吃 吃 chī: to eat
• 哑 哑 yǎ: mute; dumb; incapable of speech
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 苦 苦 kǔ: bitter
• 说 说 shuì: to persuade
• 说 说 shuō: to speak; to talk; to say
• 连 连 lián: to link
• 黄 黄 huáng: yellow
• 哑巴 哑巴 yǎ ba: a mute
• 哑巴吃黄连 哑巴吃黄连 yǎ ba chī huáng lián: no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
• 有苦说不出 有苦说不出 yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū: having unspeakable bitter suffering
• 说不出 说不出 shuō bu chū: unable to say