created reference approved 哑巴吃黄莲/啞巴吃黃蓮 → 有苦说不出/有苦說不出 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哑巴吃黄莲 / 啞巴吃黃蓮 yǎbachīhuánglián
有苦说不出 / 有苦說不出 yǒukǔshuōbuchū
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 哑巴吃黄莲/啞巴吃黃蓮 → 哑巴吃黄连/啞巴吃黃連 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哑巴吃黄莲 / 啞巴吃黃蓮 yǎbachīhuánglián
哑巴吃黄连 / 啞巴吃黃連 yǎbachīhuánglián
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 哑巴吃黄莲/啞巴吃黃蓮 → 哑子吃黄连/啞子吃黃連 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哑巴吃黄莲 / 啞巴吃黃蓮 yǎbachīhuánglián
哑子吃黄连 / 啞子吃黃連 yǎzichīhuánglián
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 哑巴吃黄莲/啞巴吃黃蓮 · yǎbachīhuánglián · to suffer in silence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
哑巴吃黄莲 / 啞巴吃黃蓮
yǎbachīhuánglián
to suffer in silence
To have no choice but to suffer in silence or be unable to complain about one's hardships; literally, a mute person eating the bitter herb [[黄连|黃連|huang2 lian2]]. Often followed by [[有苦说不出|有苦說不出|you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]].
哑巴 (literal) → 哑巴/啞巴 · yǎba · mute 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow 莲 (literal) → 莲/蓮 · lián · lotus
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