有苦难言
yǒu​kǔ​nán​yán

to have a grievance one cannot voice

  • created sense approved 有苦难言/有苦難言 · yǒu​kǔ​nán​yán · to have a grievance one cannot voice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有苦难言 / 有苦難言

    yǒu​kǔ​nán​yán

    to have a grievance one cannot voice

    To have suffering or hardships that are difficult to express or impossible to speak of; to find it hard to voice one's troubles.

    有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · hardship 难言 (literal) → 难言/難言 · nán​yán · hard to say

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    created sense