哑巴吃黄莲

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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.