ZH TH VI EN DE ES IT FR ML
leave one side of the net open-give the wrongdoer a way out, be lenient
seinem Gegner einen Ausweg bieten
dare all'avversario una via d'uscita
donner une porte de sortie à son adversaire
dar al oponente una salida
259 Strict and tolerant 严, 宽 (yán, kuān) leave one side of the net open-give the wrongdoer a way out, be lenient 5 网开一面 [網開--] wǎng kāi yī miàn (net-open-one-side) leave one side of the net open-give the wrongdoer a way out, be lenient: 中国“只生一 个孩子”的政策 (zhèngcè) 对少数民族~, 允许 (yǔnxǔ) 蒙古 (Ménggǔ) 人 生两个孩子. The Chinese One Child Policy had a loophole, which allowed people of Mongolian minorities to have two children. '