哑巴吃黄连 in English ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2 Meaning

Meanings

  • no choice but to suffer in silence (idiomatic expression)
  • also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  • (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])

Simplified Characters

哑 巴 吃 黄 连

Traditional Characters

啞 巴 吃 黃 連

Pinyin

ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

哑ya3(onom.) sound of cawing 巴ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) 吃chi1to eat 黄huang2surname Huang or Hwang 连lian2surname Lian