即便是物归原主
“even if you get the thing back,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
即便是物归原主
“even if you get the thing back,”
您也逃不了干系
“you won't be able to get away with it.”
“Do not think giving it back clears your name; you are already trapped.”
In traditional Chinese officialdom, being associated with an illegal act creates shared liability that cannot be cleared merely by undoing the material harm.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to return something to its rightful owner
A common four-character idiom used when returning lost, borrowed, or misappropriated items.
even if / even though
A formal conjunction introducing a hypothetical concession, equivalent to 即使.