網(wǎng)開一面

wǎng kāi yī miàn

Show leniency to people who make mistakes

Nearly 4,000 years ago during the Xia Dynasty, a great tribal leader named Tang showed mercy to wildlife by cutting three sides of a net.

大約4000多年以前,在中國的夏朝時期，一位偉大的名叫湯的部落首領(lǐng),斬斷捕獸網(wǎng)的三面，給動物們一條生路。這展現(xiàn)了他的慈悲之心。

Literal meaning: to open one side of the net to let misled birds fly away

Explanation: show leniency to people who make mistakes

E.g

對于愿意改過自新的人，法官都愿意網(wǎng)開一面，給他們一次機會。

duì yú yuàn yì gǎi guò zì xīn de rén, fǎ guān dōu yuàn yì wǎng kāi yī miàn , gěi tā men yī cì jī huì.

The judges tend to show leniency to those people who make mistakes but show regret, and give them another chance.

Source: Mandarin AI
Editor: wanwan