啞巴吃黃連 [ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ; ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2] no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) also written 啞巴吃黃蓮 (often precedes 有苦說不出[ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄔㄨ; you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) ◄ ►