小鸡儿吃小米，直点头小雞兒吃小米，直點頭小雞兒吃小米，直點頭

a chick eating millet: keeps nodding

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes someone who readily and cheerfully agrees to something. Light and humorous.
Wordplay: 点头 (diǎntóu) means both a chick's head bobbing as it pecks and nodding in agreement; 直 (zhí) is also a pun on 只 (zhǐ, only/keep on).

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Simplified: 小鸡儿吃小米，直点头
Traditional (Taiwan): 小雞兒吃小米，直點頭
Pinyin: xiǎojī ér chī xiǎomǐ, zhí diǎntóu
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄦˊ ㄔㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ，ㄓˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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