网开三面
Traditional form:
網開三面
Pinyin (reading):
wǎngkāisānmiàn
Definitions:
- to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly
- to give one's opponent a way out
- lenient treatment
Characters:
- 网 - net; network
- 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 三 - three
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
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