哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ​zǐ​chī​huáng​lián​yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bù​chū

to suffer in silence

  1. 哑子吃黄连 啞子吃黃連 yǎ​zi​chī​huáng​lián
    to suffer in silence
    to be forced to suffer in silence or keep one's grievances to oneself; literally a mute person eating bitter goldthread
  2. ， yǒu
    non-Chinese
  3. 有苦说不出 有苦說不出 yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bu​chū
    to have unspeakable suffering
    To have bitter suffering that one cannot speak of or express; often used after the phrase 哑巴吃黄连 yǎ​ba​chī​huáng​lián