"keep your nose clean" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 避免惹麻烦
• 保持清白

Definition

避免惹麻烦或违反规定，通常指行为诚实或守法。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是非正式、口语化的表达，用于劝告别人远离麻烦或违法行为，与真正的“清洁”无关。常见于成年人之间的劝告语境。

Examples

Try to keep your nose clean at school.

在学校要**避免惹麻烦**。

He always tries to keep his nose clean at work.

他在工作中总是**保持清白**。

If you want to avoid trouble, keep your nose clean.

想要避免惹麻烦，就要**避免惹麻烦**。

After his past mistakes, he decided to keep his nose clean from now on.

经历了错误后，他决定从现在起**保持清白**。

Just keep your nose clean and nobody will bother you here.

你只要**不惹麻烦**，这里没人会找你麻烦。

She managed to keep her nose clean all through college.

她大学期间都能**避免惹麻烦**。