yǎ ba 
		mute
muted
a dumb person
to be dumb
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎ ba kuī 
		pent-up unspoken grievances
suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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])
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chī yǎ ba kuī 
		to be forced to suffer in silence
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering