吃哑巴亏

吃啞巴虧
chīyǎbakuī
  1. to be forced to suffer in silence
  2. unable to speak of one's bitter suffering

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) to be unable to speak out about one’s grievances
  2. to be unable to speak out about one’s grievances

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=1 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
2 哑巴亏 yǎbakuī
  1. pent-up unspoken grievances
  2. suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of

Related entries

哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒukǔshuōbuchū
  1. to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出