网开一面
网开一面
wǎng kāi yī miàn
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment
idiomverb
Traditional: 網開一面
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- (idiom, verb) open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
- to give one's opponent a way out
- lenient treatment
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Related Words
网开三面(wǎng kāi sān miàn)— to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly
→一团和气(yī tuán hé qì)— to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
→一不做，二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)— don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
→一命呜呼(yī mìng wū hū)— to die (idiom)
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