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网开一面 (網開一面)

wǎng kāi yī miàn

Definition

  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

Character Decomposition

网
=
冂
+
爻
开
=
一
+
廾
一
=
一
面
=
丆
+
囬

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