打掉门牙肚里咽,有苦说不出打掉門牙肚里嚥,有苦說不出打掉門牙肚里嚥,有苦説不出

a front tooth knocked out and swallowed: bitterness you can't voice

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Suffering a wrong in silence, unable to complain. Said sympathetically or bitterly. Like 'grin and bear it'.
Wordplay: 苦 (kǔ) means both physical pain and inner distress or grievance.

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Simplified: 打掉门牙肚里咽,有苦说不出
Traditional (Taiwan): 打掉門牙肚里嚥,有苦說不出
Traditional (Hong Kong): 打掉門牙肚里嚥,有苦説不出
Pinyin: dǎdiào ményá dùlǐ yàn,yǒukǔshuōbùchū
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˋ,ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ

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

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