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哑巴吃黄连
啞巴吃黃連
yǎbachīhuánglián
1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
2. also written [[啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲]]
3. (often precedes [[有苦說不出|有苦说不出<yǒukǔshuōbuchū>]])

Character Breakdown

哑
yǎ
dumb, mute, hoarse
HSK 6 9 丶
巴
bā
to desire, to wish for
HSK 5 4 丶
吃
chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
HSK 1 6 丶
黄
huáng
yellow; surname
HSK 3 11 丶
连
lián
to join, to connect; continuous; even
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (1)

哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒukǔshuōbuchū
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)

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