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wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
wǎng net / network
  kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format
   Sān surname San
   sān three / 3
    miàn face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
    miàn variant of
    miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
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