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有苦说不出

yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū

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Definitions

1. having unspeakable bitter suffering
2. (often used after 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[yǎ ba chī huáng lián])

Words Containing 有苦说不出

哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū

to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)

Child Words of 有苦说不出

to speak; to talk; to say

to go out

no; not so

to have; there is

unable to say

bitter

to persuade