網開一面
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Chinese[edit]
net; network | open; operate (vehicle); start | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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trad. (網開一面) | 網 | 開 | 一 | 面 | |
simp. (网开一面) | 网 | 开 | 一 | 面 | |
Literally: “to leave open one side of the net”. |
Etymology[edit]
Originally as 網開三面 (“to leave open three sides of the net”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
網開一面
- to be lenient and magnanimous with wrongdoers
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