See 啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "哑巴吃黄连——有苦说不出",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "啞巴吃黃蓮——有苦說不出"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "a mute person tasting ineffably bitter herbs",
"pos": "phrase",
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"glosses": [
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],
"id": "en-啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出-zh-phrase-hQ4x2XOT",
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"word": "啞仔食黃連——有苦自己知"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "哑仔食黄连——有苦自己知"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "啞子食苦瓜"
},
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"sounds": [
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"zh_pron": "yǎba chī huánglián"
},
{
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],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "aa² baa¹ hek³ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jau⁵ fu² syut³ bat¹ ceot¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎba chī huánglián"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū [Phonetic: yǎbachīhuánglián"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yóukǔshuōbùchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎbå chih huánglián"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shuobùchu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ya³-pa⁵ chʻih¹ huang²-lien²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yu³ kʻu³ shuo¹-pu⁴-chʻu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎ-ba chr̄ hwáng-lyán-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shwō-bù-chū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yea.ba chy hwanglian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeou kuu shuobuhbu"
},
{
"roman": "jaba či xuanljanʹ, ju ku šobuču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "яба чи хуанлянь"
},
{
"roman": "jaba či xuanljanʹ, ju ku šobuču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ю ку шобучу"
},
{
"ipa": "/jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "aa² baa¹ hek³ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jau⁵ fu² syut³ bat¹ ceot¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "á bā hek wòhng lìhn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáuh fú syut bāt chēut"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "aa² baa¹ hek⁸ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jau⁵ fu² syt⁸ bat⁷ tsoet⁷"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "a² ba¹ hég³ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yeo⁵ fu² xud³ bed¹ cêd¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/aː³⁵ paː⁵⁵ hɛːk̚³ wɔːŋ²¹ liːn²¹ jɐu̯¹³ fuː³⁵ syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出"
}
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}
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"literal_meaning": "a mute person tasting ineffably bitter herbs",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 出",
"Chinese terms spelled with 吃",
"Chinese terms spelled with 啞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 巴",
"Chinese terms spelled with 有",
"Chinese terms spelled with 苦",
"Chinese terms spelled with 說",
"Chinese terms spelled with 連",
"Chinese terms spelled with 黃",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese xiehouyu",
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"unable",
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"zh_pron": "yǎba chī huánglián"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "aa² baa¹ hek³ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jau⁵ fu² syut³ bat¹ ceot¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎba chī huánglián"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū [Phonetic: yǎbachīhuánglián"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yóukǔshuōbùchū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎbå chih huánglián"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shuobùchu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ya³-pa⁵ chʻih¹ huang²-lien²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yu³ kʻu³ shuo¹-pu⁴-chʻu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǎ-ba chr̄ hwáng-lyán-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǒu kǔ shwō-bù-chū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yea.ba chy hwanglian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeou kuu shuobuhbu"
},
{
"roman": "jaba či xuanljanʹ, ju ku šobuču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "яба чи хуанлянь"
},
{
"roman": "jaba či xuanljanʹ, ju ku šobuču",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ю ку шобучу"
},
{
"ipa": "/jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"zh_pron": "aa² baa¹ hek³ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "jau⁵ fu² syut³ bat¹ ceot¹"
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{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "á bā hek wòhng lìhn"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yáuh fú syut bāt chēut"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "aa² baa¹ hek⁸ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "jau⁵ fu² syt⁸ bat⁷ tsoet⁷"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "a² ba¹ hég³ wong⁴ lin⁴"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yeo⁵ fu² xud³ bed¹ cêd¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/aː³⁵ paː⁵⁵ hɛːk̚³ wɔːŋ²¹ liːn²¹ jɐu̯¹³ fuː³⁵ syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/",
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"synonyms": [
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"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "啞仔食黃連——有苦自己知"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "哑仔食黄连——有苦自己知"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "啞子食苦瓜"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "哑子食苦瓜"
}
],
"word": "啞巴吃黃連——有苦說不出"
}
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