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啞巴吃黃連 (aa2 baa1 hek3 wong4 lin4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

啞巴吃黃連 (aa2 baa1 hek3 wong4 lin4, yǎ ba chī huáng lián) — no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 啞仔 (aa2 zai2) — speech-impaired boy
• 啞佬 (aa2 lou2) — speech-impaired man
• 啞光 (aa2 gwong1) — Matte
• 啞女 (aa2 neoi2) — girls who cannot talk
• 啞婆 (aa2 po2) — women who cannot talk
• 啞色 (aa2 sik1) — Matte

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