哑巴吃黄莲

yǎ ba chī huáng lián

no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)

also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])

哑

yǎ

mute; dumb; incapable of speech

巴

ba

the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality

吃

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

黄

huáng

yellow

莲

lián

lotus