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啞子食黃蓮 (aa2 zi2 sik6 wong4 lin4) — to suffer in silence [colloquial] in Cantonese

aaˊ²啞ziˊ²子sikˍ₆食wongˎ₄黃linˎ₄蓮
简 哑子食黄莲
Mandarin Pinyin: ya3zi5 shi2 huang2 lian2

Meaning of 啞子食黃蓮

nounto suffer in silence [colloquial]

Characters in 啞子食黃蓮

啞aa2
dumb; mute
子zi2
(noun) 1. son; 2. offspring; (adjective) 1. subsidiary; (noun) one of the Earthly Branches
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
黃wong4
Kangxi radical 201
蓮lin4
lotus; lotus seed; water lily

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