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ti4 tou2 tiao1 zi5 yi1 tou2 re4
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.)
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ti4
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.)
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tou2
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.)
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tiao1
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.)
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zi5
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.)
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yi1
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.)
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tou2
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.)
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re4
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.)