We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「吃啞巴虧」, with its usage explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「吃啞巴虧」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
When one is plotted against or suffers harm, he dares not speak out or is unable to appeal, and can only accept the loss on his own.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chī yà bā kuī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hek3 a2 ba1 kwai1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
