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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 啞巴吃黃連,有苦說不出 [ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ , ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄔㄨ; ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2 , you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]
 to be forced to suffer in silence
 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出,有苦说不出