難言之隱 nán yán zhī yǐn

DEFINITIONS

  1. a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)
  2. sth too embarrassing to mention
  3. an embarrassing illness

CHARACTERS

難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable
言 yán
HSK 4
words, speech; speak, say
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
隱 yǐn hide, conceal; hidden, secret