yǎ​zǐ​chī​huáng​lián​yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bù​chū

to suffer in silence

哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出 yǎ​zǐ​chī​huáng​lián​yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bù​chū
to suffer in silence
to be forced to suffer in silence or swallow one's grievances without being able to complain; literally a mute eating bitter herbs and having no way to describe the bitterness

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