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哑巴
啞巴
yǎ ba
n. dumb person (person who cannot speak)
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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吃哑巴亏
吃啞巴虧
chī yǎ ba kuī
idiom. to swallow a bitter pill in silence, to be cheated or suffer a loss but unable to talk about it for one reason or another
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
啞巴吃黃連,有苦說不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián, yóu kǔ shuō bù chū
idiom. a mute eating goldthread root is unable to describe the bitter taste, be a silent victim, swallow one's bitterness
哑巴汉语
啞巴漢語
yǎ ba hàn yǔ
phr. mute Chinese (describe a phenomenon where people cannot speak Chinese well and have a poor listening comprehension as a second language)