剃头挑子一头热

Traditional: 剃頭挑子一頭熱

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Dictionary entry

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)

What does 剃头挑子一头热 mean?

剃头挑子一头热 (tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè) has the following dictionary meaning.

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.)

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剃tìto shave 头tóuhead · hair style 挑tiāoto carry on a shoulder pole · to choose 子zǐson · child 一yīone · single 热rèto warm up · to heat up

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