剃头挑子一头热

tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

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.)

variant of 剃[ti4]

tóu

head

tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

one

tóu

head

to warm up