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哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
Definitions
- •to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
- •unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
- •sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出