吃哑巴亏
Traditional form:
吃啞巴虧
Pinyin (reading):
chīyǎbakuī
Definitions:
- to be forced to suffer in silence
- unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
Characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 哑 - dumb, mute, hoarse
- 巴 - to desire, to wish for
- 亏 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
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