sī yǎ
(onom.) coarse crowing
hoarse
husky
yǎ ba
mute
muted
a dumb person
to be dumb
yā
(onom.) sound of cawing
sound of infant learning to talk
variant of 呀[ya1]
yǎ
dumb
mute
hoarse
husky
unexploded (of artillery shell etc)
yǎ ba kuī
pent-up unspoken grievances
suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
yǎ kǒu wú yán
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless
at a loss for words
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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])
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
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|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
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])
yǎ zi
mute person
dumb person
(more commonly called 啞巴|哑巴[ya3 ba5])
yǎ gǔ
drum practice pad (music)
a practice drum (music)
yǎ rán shī xiào
to laugh involuntarily
Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
chī yǎ ba kuī
to be forced to suffer in silence
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
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