剃头挑子一头热

tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. one-sided enthusiasm
  3. 3. one 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.)

Child Words of 剃头挑子一头热

一
yī

one

一头
yī tóu

one head

剃
tì

to shave

子
zǐ

son

挑
tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole

挑
tiǎo

to raise

热
rè

to warm up

头
tóu

head

剃头
tì tóu

to have one's head shaved

挑子
tiāo zi

carrying pole and its load