tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

Traditional: 剃頭挑子一頭熱

剃头挑子一头热 (tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
  2. 2fig. one-sided enthusiasm
  3. 3one party is interested, but the other, not so much
  4. 4(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.)

Characters in 剃头挑子一头热

剃tì · to shave头tóu · head挑tiāo · to carry on a shoulder pole子zǐ · son一yī · one头tóu · head热rè · to warm up

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