有苦说不出

有

yǒu

苦

kǔ

说

說

shuo̅

不

出

chu̅

having unspeakable bitter suffering / (often used after 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2])

Characters and words in 有苦说不出

有

yǒu = y + ou3

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

有 = 𠂇 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: confetti.

In an act of revolution, with a pair of scissors (𠂇) Maud Younger (y) is cutting a paper moon (月) into tiny pieces in the outhouse's living room (ou3). There is (有) only confetti (有) left over.

苦

kǔ = ku + Ø3

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.

说

說

shuì = shu + ei4

to persuade

说

說

shuo̅ = shu + o1

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

说 = 兑 + 讠 : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.

说

説

shuo̅ = shu + o1

variant of 說|说[shuo1]

说 = 兑 + 讠 : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.

说

說

shuo̅ = shu + o1

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

不

bù = bu + Ø4

(negative prefix) / not / no

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.

不

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

说

說

shuo̅

不

出

chu̅

unable to say

出

chu̅ = chu + Ø1

to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

出 = 屮 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 出 tilted 90 degrees looks like "EE". "EE" is an abbreviation for "emergency exit". In front of the space station (Ø1) Chantal Chicken (chu) plugged her thornbush (屮) into a receptacle (凵), but it short circuited and immediately caught fire. Chantal has no option but to use the emergency exit (出) she came out of to go back into the space station.

出

齣

chu̅ = chu + Ø1

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)