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哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
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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，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
to link
to go out
no; not so
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
to have; there is
to persuade
yellow
mute; dumb; incapable of speech
to eat
a mute
to speak; to talk; to say
unable to say
having unspeakable bitter suffering
bitter