剃頭挑子一頭熱
tìtóutiāoziyītóurè
ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ ㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄖㄜˋ
Simplified 剃头挑子一头热
- 1lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
- 2fig. one-sided enthusiasm
- 3one 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.)