a licking dog
The active one: chases and flatters someone who does not care.
Pick it when Pick it when someone keeps showering a crush with effort, gets nothing back, and still will not stop. Often self mocking.
TELLING THEM APART
What is the difference between tiangou and beitai?
Both describe the losing side of a one sided crush, but the agency is opposite. A tiangou, licking dog, actively fawns on someone who gives nothing back, debasing themselves by choice. A beitai, spare tire, is passively kept on the bench as someone's backup option, strung along just in case.
a spare tyre in the trunk
The passive one: kept in reserve as plan B, strung along.
Pick it when Pick it when someone is being kept warm by a person who will not commit, useful only if the first choice falls through.
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