ちちんぷいぷい

expression

there, there; it's okay

A soothing phrase said to comfort a child who is hurt or upset, often accompanied by a gentle touch or rubbing the sore spot.

• 転ころんだ子こに「ちちんぷいぷい、痛いたいの痛いたいの飛とんでいけ」と言いった。

  I said to the child who fell, "There, there, pain, pain, fly away."