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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E21 (36:23) HSK 6
jí biàn shì wù guī yuán zhǔ

即便是物归原主

“even if you get the thing back,”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E21
TIMECODE: 36:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bèi ān jùn wáng àn sǐ le

“pins our crimes on us,”

jí biàn shì wù guī yuán zhǔ CURRENT FOCUS

即便是物归原主

“even if you get the thing back,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nín yě táo bù liǎo gān xì

您也逃不了干系

“you won't be able to get away with it.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: WARNING
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not think giving it back clears your name; you are already trapped.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Complicity in Feudal Bureaucracy (牵连/干系)

In traditional Chinese officialdom, being associated with an illegal act creates shared liability that cannot be cleared merely by undoing the material harm.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #caution #concession #accountability
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
物归原主 SPOKEN CHUNK

to return something to its rightful owner

A common four-character idiom used when returning lost, borrowed, or misappropriated items.

即便 SPOKEN CHUNK

even if / even though

A formal conjunction introducing a hypothetical concession, equivalent to 即使.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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