有苦說不出
yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bu​chū

to have unspeakable suffering

  • created reference approved 有苦说不出/有苦說不出 → 哑巴吃黄连/啞巴吃黃連 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有苦说不出 / 有苦說不出 yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bu​chū

    哑巴吃黄连 / 啞巴吃黃連 yǎ​ba​chī​huáng​lián

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 有苦说不出/有苦說不出 · yǒu​kǔ​shuō​bu​chū · to have unspeakable suffering — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|啞巴吃黃連|ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2]]

    有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · hardship 说不出 (literal) → 说不出/說不出 · shuō​bu​chū · unable to say

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense