不能让你出幺蛾子 不然你手头案子
“and keep you out of trouble. Otherwise, they'll take you off the case.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我也不想管啊 但是你师父交代了 让我好好看着你
“I don't want to babysit you either. But your master ordered me to keep an eye on you”
不能让 你 出幺蛾子 不然 你 手头 案子
“and keep you out of trouble. Otherwise, they'll take you off the case.”
“Otherwise, they'll take you off the case. Reassigning you to desk duty”
“Behave yourself, or leadership will strip your badge and reassign you.”
In Chinese law enforcement and traditional apprenticeships, senior partners retain responsibility for guiding juniors, meaning peers often intervene on the mentor's explicit behalf.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make trouble or pull unexpected stunts
A highly colloquial Northern idiom used when someone does something erratic, problematic, or disruptive.
the case currently on one's hands
Commonly used in legal and police contexts to refer to active assigned caseloads.
