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 ㄎㄞㄧㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ hoi¹ jat¹ min⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎngkāiyīmiàn [Phonetic: wǎngkāiyímiàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞㄧㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangkaiimiann
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵ hoi¹ jat¹ min⁶
  - Yale: móhng hōi yāt mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ hoi¹ jat⁷ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ hoi¹ yed¹ min⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːy̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: bāng-khui-tsi̍t-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxngquicidbin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/

Idiom

網開一面

to be lenient and magnanimous with wrongdoers

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