哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
Sign in to save this word to your study lists.
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，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
Child Words of 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
no; not so
to go out
to eat
mute; dumb; incapable of speech
to have; there is
bitter
to persuade
to speak; to talk; to say
to link
yellow
a mute
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
having unspeakable bitter suffering
unable to say