"網開一面" meaning in All languages combined

See 網開一面 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/, /mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/, /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/, /baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/, /baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/, /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/, /baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/ Chinese transliterations: wǎngkāiyīmiàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mong⁵ hoi¹ jat¹ min⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn, wǎngkāiyīmiàn [Phonetic:wǎngkāiyímiàn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wǎngkaiyimiàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wang³-kʻai¹-i¹-mien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wǎng-kāi-yī-myàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], woangkaiimiann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ванкайимянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], vankajimjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], móhng hōi yāt mihn [Cantonese, Yale], mong⁵ hoi¹ jat⁷ min⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mong⁵ hoi¹ yed¹ min⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], bāng-khui-tsi̍t-bīn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], baxngquicidbin [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 网开一面
Etymology: Originally as 網開三面 (“to leave open three sides of the net”) Etymology templates: {{zh-l|*網開三面|to leave open three sides of the net}} 網開三面 (“to leave open three sides of the net”) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 網開一面
  1. to be lenient and magnanimous with wrongdoers Tags: idiomatic
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "wǎngkaiyimiàn"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "wang³-kʻai¹-i¹-mien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎng-kāi-yī-myàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woangkaiimiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ванкайимянь"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "vankajimjanʹ"
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "móhng hōi yāt mihn"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁵ hoi¹ jat⁷ min⁶"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁵ hoi¹ yed¹ min⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāng-khui-tsi̍t-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baxngquicidbin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/",
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        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
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    },
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      "other": "[Phonetic: wǎngkāiyímiàn]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "mong⁵ hoi¹ jat¹ min⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "wǎngkāiyīmiàn [Phonetic:wǎngkāiyímiàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎngkaiyimiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wang³-kʻai¹-i¹-mien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎng-kāi-yī-myàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woangkaiimiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ванкайимянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vankajimjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "móhng hōi yāt mihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁵ hoi¹ jat⁷ min⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁵ hoi¹ yed¹ min⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāng-khui-chi̍t-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāng-khui-tsi̍t-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baxngquicidbin"
    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/",
      "tags": [
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/",
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        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
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    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wǎngkāiyímiàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ¹³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ miːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/"
    },
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}

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