哑巴吃黄连yǎbachīhuángliánMeanings1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)2. also written 哑巴吃黄莲3. (often precedes 有苦说不出 (yǒukǔshuōbuchū))Characters used哑mute巴to long for吃to eat黄yellow连to join