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. '