Daily Chinese Idiom February 23, 2024
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
No choice but to suffer in silence
Traditional:
啞巴吃黃蓮
这件事谁也不知道,他又不能对任何人提起,真是哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出.
No one knows about this matter, and he can't mention it to anyone. It's like a mute person having no choice but to suffer in silencer; there's pain that can't be expressed.