1 to slap

2 to smack

3 to punch

1 surname Lian

1 continuous

2 in a row

3 serial

4 consecutive

1 repeatedly

2 again and again

1 to hit

2 to press

3 to strike (on the keyboard)

4 to click (a web page button)

1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible

2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

1 to whine on for days (idiom)

2 to endlessly grumble complaints

3 incessant whining

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 to tie the knot (idiom)

2 to get married