哑巴吃黄连,有苦难言啞巴吃黃連,有苦難言啞巴吃黃連,有苦難言

a mute eating bitter goldthread: bitter and unable to speak of it

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Suffering that one cannot tell anyone about. Sympathetic; like "suffer in silence".
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both the bitter taste of the herb and suffering.

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Simplified: 哑巴吃黄连,有苦难言
Traditional (Taiwan): 啞巴吃黃連,有苦難言
Pinyin: yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒu kǔnàn yán
Bopomofo: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚㄔㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ,ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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