吃啞巴虧

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Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
trad. (吃啞巴虧) 啞巴虧
simp. (吃哑巴亏) 哑巴亏

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吃啞巴虧

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