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Meaning of 网开一面

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wǎng kāi miàn (Trad.: 網開一面)
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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Antonyms: 小肚鸡肠
Example Sentences
1
S. pay czar will give Benmosche leeway on pay.
2
It was always assumed that the government would go easy on them in that regard.
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Later, people changed it into "Give the wrong-doer a way out.", indicating to be lenient to the wrong-doers.
4
Any kind of genetically modified meat, be it cloned or otherwise, is a difficult sell these days, but perhaps they'd make an exception for pain-free beef.
5
Some of it we have to deal with (taxes, bad weather, traffic).