剃tai3頭tau4挑tiu1子zi2一jat1頭tau4熱jit6

simp剃头挑子一头热

tai3 tau4 tiu1 zi2 jat1 tau4 jit6inferredtì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

English

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
fig. one-sided enthusiasm
one party is interested, but the other, not so much
(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.)

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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