小鸡儿吃碗碴儿，一口一个瓷儿小雞兒吃碗碴兒，一口一個瓷兒小雞兒吃碗碴兒，一口一個瓷兒

a chick eating bowl shards: every peck is a piece of porcelain (a word)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes someone who speaks fluently with a rich vocabulary, with a ready word for everything. Mildly humorous.
Wordplay: 瓷儿 (cír, porcelain) sounds the same as 词儿 (cír, words), so pecking porcelain bits becomes uttering words.

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Simplified: 小鸡儿吃碗碴儿，一口一个瓷儿
Traditional (Taiwan): 小雞兒吃碗碴兒，一口一個瓷兒
Pinyin: xiǎojī ér chī wǎn chár, yìkǒu yí gè cí ér
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄦˊ ㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄚˊㄦ，ㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄧˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄘˊ ㄦˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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