網開一面
Chinese
net; network open; operate (vehicle); start one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)face; side; surface; aspect; toptrad. (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
Idiom
網開一面
- to be lenient and magnanimous with wrongdoers