剃头挑子一头热
tì​tóu​tiāo​zi​yī​tóu​rè

one-sided enthusiasm

  • created sense approved 剃头挑子一头热/剃頭挑子一頭熱 · tì​tóu​tiāo​zi​yī​tóu​rè · one-sided enthusiasm — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剃头挑子一头热 / 剃頭挑子一頭熱

    tì​tóu​tiāo​zi​yī​tóu​rè

    one-sided enthusiasm

    lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot; fig. one party is interested but the other is not. In the past, street barbers carried a pole with their tools at one end and a charcoal stove for heating water at the other.

    剃头挑子 (literal) → 剃头挑子/剃頭挑子 · tì​tou​tiāo​zi · one-sided enthusiasm 一头热 (literal) → 一头热/一頭熱 · yī​tóu​rè · one-sided enthusiasm

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