网开一面
wǎng​kāi​yī​miàn

to be lenient

  • created reference approved 网开一面/網開一面 → 网开三面/網開三面 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    网开一面 / 網開一面 wǎng​kāi​yī​miàn

    网开三面 / 網開三面 wǎng​kāi​sān​miàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 网开一面/網開一面 · wǎng​kāi​yī​miàn · to be lenient — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    网开一面 / 網開一面

    wǎng​kāi​yī​miàn

    to be lenient

    to leave one side of the net open; to give a wrongdoer or opponent a way out

    wǎng​kāi​yí​miàn

    网 (literal) → 网/網 · wǎng · to catch 开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to open 一面 (literal) → 一面 · yī​miàn · one side

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense