真相未水落石出之前
“you need to stop messing around”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但
“However,”
真相未水落石出之前
“you need to stop messing around”
不许再胡闹
“before the truth is revealed.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese governance and family discipline, authority figures demand that subordinates suppress speculation until undeniable proof is established.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the truth comes out / all secrets are revealed
A common four-character idiom (chengyu) frequently used in legal, investigative, or conflict contexts to mean full clarification of facts.
before...
Placed after a clause to denote the temporal boundary prior to which a condition holds.