啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出

Chinese
 
mute person; dumb person; one who keeps silent
mute person; dumb person; one who keeps silent; one who cannot speak freely
 
eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 Chinese goldthread; rhizome of the Chinese goldthread
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 speechless; indescribable, unspeakable, inexpressible, ineffable
trad. (啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出) 啞巴 吃 黃連 —— 有 苦 說不出
simp. (哑巴吃黄连——有苦说不出) 哑巴 吃 黄连 —— 有 苦 说不出
alternative forms 啞巴吃黃蓮——有苦說不出／哑巴吃黄莲——有苦说不出
Literally: “a mute person tasting ineffably bitter herbs”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎba chī huánglián, yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ , ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): aa2 baa1 hek3 wong4 lin4, jau5 fu2 syut3 bat1 ceot1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎba chī huánglián, yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū [Phonetic: yǎbachīhuánglián,yóukǔshuōbùchū]
      • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ , ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎbå chih huánglián, yǒu kǔ shuobùchu
      • Wade–Giles: ya3-pa5 chʻih1 huang2-lien2, yu3 kʻu3 shuo1-pu4-chʻu1
      • Yale: yǎ-ba chr̄ hwáng-lyán-, yǒu kǔ shwō-bù-chū
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea.ba chy hwanglian, yeou kuu shuobuhbu
      • Palladius: яба чи хуанлянь, ю ку шобучу (jaba či xuanljanʹ, ju ku šobuču)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出

  1. to be unable to express one's discomfort; to be forced to suffer in silence

Synonyms
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