啞子食苦瓜

啞子食苦瓜

Chinese

		mute person; dumb person	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	bitter melon; bitter gourd
trad. (啞子食苦瓜)		啞子	食	苦瓜
simp. (哑子食苦瓜)		哑子	食	苦瓜

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): a³ zi¹ sed⁶ fu³ gua¹

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: a³ zi¹ sed⁶ fu³ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /a³¹ t͡sz̩⁴⁴ sət̚⁵ fu³¹ kua⁴⁴/

Idiom

啞子食苦瓜

1. (Hakka) to be unable to express one's discomfort; to be forced to suffer in silence

Synonyms

• 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出／哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 (yǎba chī huánglián, yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū)