Read Edit View history 网开三面 wǎngkāisānmiàn to be lenient Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 网开三面 網開三面 wǎngkāisānmiàn to be lenient to leave the net open on three sides; to give a wrongdoer or opponent a way out; to treat an offender with mercy or leniency Frequency Written text 0.004 per million Cross-References Same as 网开一面 wǎngkāiyīmiànAntonym 严惩不贷 yánchéngbùdài Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
网开三面 網開三面 wǎngkāisānmiàn to be lenient to leave the net open on three sides; to give a wrongdoer or opponent a way out; to treat an offender with mercy or leniency Frequency Written text 0.004 per million Cross-References Same as 网开一面 wǎngkāiyīmiànAntonym 严惩不贷 yánchéngbùdài Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)