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剃頭挑子一頭熱
简 剃头挑子一头热 · 繁 剃頭挑子一頭熱Mandarin · pinyin tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè
Meanings
- lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
- fig. one-sided enthusiasm
- one party is interested, but the other, not so much
- (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
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4–2–1–5–1–2–4 · ti4 tou2 tiao1 zi5 yi1 tou2 re4
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