Show leniency to people who make mistakes 网开一面

网开一面

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.

大约4000多年以前,在中国的夏朝时期，一位伟大的名叫汤的部落首领,斩断捕兽网的三面，给动物们一条生路。这展现了他的慈悲之心。

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

对于愿意改过自新的人，法官都愿意网开一面，给他们一次机会。

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