哑巴吃黄连

ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2

no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom), also written 啞巴吃黃蓮, 哑巴吃黄莲, (often precedes 有苦說不出, 有苦说不出, )

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哑巴吃黄连

yǎ ba chī huáng lián

a dumb person taking a dose of bitter medicine -- suffering humiliation, insults, etc.; a mute victim; inarticulate misery; in silence to suffer injury, damages, etc.; like a dumb man in silence, for to speak out would be to one's disadvantage, embarrassment or would even lead to the loss of face, etc.; swallow a bitter pill in silence; like a dumb person tasting the rhizome of Chinese goldthread; (be compelled to) suffer in silence

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啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 [yǎ bã chī huáng lián] ► no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) ► also written ↑啞巴吃黃蓮|↑哑巴吃黄莲 ► (often precedes ↑有苦說不出|↑有苦说不出 [yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])