網開一面
Chinese
| net; network | open; operate (vehicle); start | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mong5 hoi1 jat1 min6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngkāiyīmiàn [Phonetic: wǎngkāiyímiàn]
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngkaiyimiàn
- Wade–Giles: wang3-kʻai1-i1-mien4
- Yale: wǎng-kāi-yī-myàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangkaiimiann
- Palladius: ванкайимянь (vankajimjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mong5 hoi1 jat1 min6
- Yale: móhng hōi yāt mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mong5 hoi1 jat7 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: mong5 hoi1 yed1 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn
- Tâi-lô: bāng-khui-tsi̍t-bīn
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxngquicidbin
- IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
網開一面
- to be lenient and magnanimous with wrongdoers