Entry
剃tì头tóu挑tiāo子zi一yī头tóu热rè

  1. 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.)

    trad. 剃頭挑子一頭熱

Also written 剃頭挑子一頭熱【tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè】

Characters in this word

6
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

Pinyin
zǐ
Strokes
3
Frequency
2170 of 2500
Words starting with 子Words ending in 子Anywhere in a word
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Pinyin
yī
Strokes
1
Frequency
158 of 2500
Words starting with 一Words ending in 一Anywhere in a word