哑子吃黄连
yǎ​zi​chī​huáng​lián

to suffer in silence

  • created sense approved 哑子吃黄连/啞子吃黃連 · yǎ​zi​chī​huáng​lián · to suffer in silence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    哑子 (literal) → 哑子/啞子 · yǎ​zi · mute 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 黄连 (literal) → 黄连/黃連 · huáng​lián · Chinese goldthread

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