網開一面

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open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly · to give one's opponent a way out · lenient treatment

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
  2. to give one's opponent a way out
  3. lenient treatment

Written Forms

網開一面Traditional · Main Form
网开一面Alternate Form

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