网开三面 — Chinese idiom
网开三面
wǎng kāi sān miàn
Traditional: 網開三面
Meaning
- to leave the net open on three sides ; let the caged bird fly
- to give one's opponent a way out
- lenient treatment
Character by character
- 网wǎngnet; network
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 三sānthree
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
Idioms sharing a character
- 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
- 天罗地网 tiān luó dì wǎng
- 法网难逃 fǎ wǎng nán táo
- 漏网之鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú
- 秋荼密网 qiū tú mì wǎng
- 网开一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn
- 落入法网 luò rù fǎ wǎng
- 鱼死网破 yú sǐ wǎng pò
- 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
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