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哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū

11-character word Traditional 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出

What 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 means

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，哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

The characters in 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield