便是他侥幸逃过了这次
“Even if he's lucky enough to escape this time,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's Lu Huai who's being unreasonable.”
便是 他 侥幸 逃 过了 这次
“Even if he's lucky enough to escape this time,”
也逃不过下次
“he won't escape the next.”
“His luck won't save him for long; his downfall is already sealed.”
In Chinese costume and historical dramas, characters employ archaic connectives like 便是 and classical vocabulary to project authority, gravitas, and strategic scheming.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / even granted that
A literary or archaic equivalent of 即便, setting up a hypothetical concession.
escape by a stroke of luck
Used when someone dodges a disaster or punishment purely through fortune rather than competence.