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啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出
简 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 · 繁 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出Mandarin · pinyin yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
Meanings
- 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
Characters in this entry
- 啞
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- 巴
- bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
- 吃
- chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
- 黃
- huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
- 連
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- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 苦
- kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
- 說
- shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 出
- chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
- 哑
- yǎ · dumb, mute; become hoarse
- 黄
- huáng · yellow; surname
- 连
- lián · join, connect; continuous; even
- 说
- shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
aa2 baa1 hek3 wong4 lin4 ，jau5 fu2 syut3 bat1 ceot1
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