网开一面 wǎngkāiyīmiàn to be lenient Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 网开一面 網開一面 wǎngkāiyīmiàn to be lenient to leave one side of the net open; to give a wrongdoer or opponent a way out Frequency Movie subtitles 0.660 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.640 per million Cross-References Same as 网开三面 wǎngkāisānmiànSynonym 放一马 fàngyīmǎ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
网开一面 網開一面 wǎngkāiyīmiàn to be lenient to leave one side of the net open; to give a wrongdoer or opponent a way out Frequency Movie subtitles 0.660 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.640 per million Cross-References Same as 网开三面 wǎngkāisānmiànSynonym 放一马 fàngyīmǎ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)