剃头挑子一头热

tìtóutiāoziyītóurè

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

Traditional 剃頭挑子一頭熱

Meaning

tìtóutiāoziyītóurèti4 tou2 tiao1 zi5 yi1 tou2 re4
  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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