野地里烤火,一面热野地里烤火,一面熱野地里烤火,一面熱

warming oneself by a fire in an open field: only one side is hot

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Of a relationship where only one party is warm and eager and the other is cold.
Wordplay: 热 (rè) means physically hot, and also warm and enthusiastic.

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Simplified: 野地里烤火,一面热
Traditional (Taiwan): 野地里烤火,一面熱
Pinyin: yědì li kǎohuǒ,yímiàn rè
Pinyin (Taiwan): yědì lǐ kǎohuǒ,yímiàn rè
Bopomofo: ㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ,ㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄜˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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