哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

Traditional form:

啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出

Pinyin (reading):

yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒukǔshuōbuchū

Definitions:

• 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／哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

Characters:

• 哑 - dumb, mute, hoarse
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 连 - to join, to connect; continuous; even
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce

Traditional characters:

• 啞 - dumb, mute, hoarse
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 連 - to join, to connect; continuous; even
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce