依法判案是咱们分内的事
“Judging cases according to the law is what we should do.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Be less kind and more strict.”
依法判案 是 咱们 分内的事
“Judging cases according to the law is what we should do.”
其他的呀
“As for the rest,”
“Just follow the law and do your job; stop taking these cases so personally.”
Junior judges or lawyers in China often struggle between personal moral sympathy and statutory duties; seniors often remind them to uphold institutional boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to judge a case according to the law
A formal four-character legal collocation used when referring to judicial fairness and following standard legal statutes.
one's duty / within one's scope of responsibility
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to humbly state that an action was simply part of one's job or obligation.