1 theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)

2 dramatic (change, increase etc)

3 acute

4 severe

1 story line

2 plot

1 comedy

2 classifier: 部 bù

3 classifier: 出 chū

1 tragedy

2 classifier: 出 chū

1 practical joke

2 prank

3 to play a practical joke

1 dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless

2 at a loss for words

1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)

2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连

3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])

1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)

2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲

3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])

1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)

2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering

3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

1 silence reigns (idiom)