哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
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1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
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3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
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1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
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1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
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2 to consider repeatedly
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
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1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
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2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
巴山蜀水
Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
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1 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
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1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
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2 good at climbing mountains
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
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1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
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2 nosy
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
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1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
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1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
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2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
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3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
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1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
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2 tied down by family obligations
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
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1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
狐狸尾巴
hú li wěi ba
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1 lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
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2 to reveal one's evil nature
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3 evidence that reveals the villain
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
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1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
百般巴结
bǎi bān bā jié
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1 to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
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2 assiduous fawning (idiom)
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
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1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
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2 no clue where to start
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
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1 pushing and pulling (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate