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剃头挑子一头热

tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

7-character word Traditional 剃頭挑子一頭熱

What 剃头挑子一头热 means

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.)

The characters in 剃头挑子一头热

• 剃tìto shave
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)

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