小鸡儿吃黄豆，强往下咽小雞兒吃黃豆，強往下嚥小雞兒吃黃豆，強往下嚥

a chick eating soybeans: forcing them down

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes forcing oneself to do something one cannot manage or does not want to do. Mildly sympathetic.

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Simplified: 小鸡儿吃黄豆，强往下咽
Traditional (Taiwan): 小雞兒吃黃豆，強往下嚥
Pinyin: xiǎojī ér chī huángdòu, qiáng wǎng xiàyàn
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄦˊ ㄔㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄡˋ，ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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