啞巴吃黃連

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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[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]{jau5 fu2 syut3 bat1 ceot1})

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  3. (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]{jau5 fu2 syut3 bat1 ceot1})

Written Forms

啞巴吃黃連Traditional · Main Form
哑巴吃黄连Alternate Form

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