yǎ​zi​chī​huáng​lián

to suffer in silence

  1. mute
    (dialect) a person who cannot speak; a mute person
  2. to eat
    to eat; to chew and swallow; to dine at (a restaurant etc.); also includes consuming liquids such as drinking tea or soup
  3. Chinese goldthread
    (Coptis chinensis) A perennial herb with bitter rhizomes used in traditional medicine; often used metaphorically to represent a bitter or difficult life.