網開一面

Chinese

		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
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

Originally as 網開三面 (“to leave open three sides of the net”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngkāiyīmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ hoi¹ jat¹ min⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngkāiyīmiàn [Phonetic: wǎngkāiyímiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngkaiyimiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-kʻai¹-i¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: wǎng-kāi-yī-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangkaiimiann
    • Palladius: ванкайимянь (vankajimjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁵ hoi¹ jat¹ min⁶
    • Yale: móhng hōi yāt mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ hoi¹ jat⁷ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ hoi¹ yed¹ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: bāng-khui-tsi̍t-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxngquicidbin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/

Idiom

網開一面

1. to be lenient and magnanimous with wrongdoers