剃头挑子一头热

tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 剃头挑子一头热

• 一 一 yī: one
• 一头 一头 yī tóu: one head
• 剃 剃 tì: to shave
• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 挑 挑 tiāo: to carry on a shoulder pole
• 挑 挑 tiǎo: to raise
• 热 热 rè: to warm up
• 头 头 tóu: head
• 剃头 剃头 tì tóu: to have one's head shaved
• 挑子 挑子 tiāo zi: carrying pole and its load