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.
転んだ子に「ちちんぷいぷい、痛いの痛いの飛んでいけ」と言った。
I said to the child who fell, "There, there, pain, pain, fly away."
Standard hiragana spelling for this comforting phrase.
Katakana variant, often used for emphasis or in children's media.
A longer phrase often used together with ちちんぷいぷい to comfort a child; ちちんぷいぷい is the soothing sound, while 痛いの痛いの飛んでいけ is the explicit wish for the pain to go away.
The origin is uncertain; it is a traditional Japanese soothing phrase, possibly onomatopoeic or derived from a charm.