哑巴吃黄连,有苦自己知啞巴吃黃連,有苦自己知啞巴吃黃連,有苦自己知

a mute eating bitter goldthread: only they know the bitterness

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: A variant of the usual saying: one's suffering is known only to oneself.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both bitter taste and hardship.

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Simplified: 哑巴吃黄连,有苦自己知
Traditional (Taiwan): 啞巴吃黃連,有苦自己知
Pinyin: yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒu kǔ zìjǐ zhī
Bopomofo: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚㄔㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ,ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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