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

to suffer in silence

哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出 啞巴吃黃連,有苦說不出 yǎ​ba​chī​huáng​lián​yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bù​chū
to suffer in silence
To be forced to suffer in silence or unable to voice one's grievances; literally, a mute person eating the bitter herb Coptis chinensis and being unable to speak about the bitterness.

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