哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 in English ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2 , you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1 Meaning

Meanings

• to be forced to suffer in silence (idiomatic expression)
• unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
• sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

Pinyin

ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2 , you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1

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 ， 有you3to have 苦ku3bitter 说shuo1to persuade 不bu4(negative prefix) 出chu1to go out