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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.
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Original source entry:
啞巴吃黃連 哑巴吃黄连 [ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2] /no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)/also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲/(often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])/Source material and teaching drafts have separate provenance. Long-term commercial licensing remains under review.
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