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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">尽管</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">jǐnguǎn</span>) means "<b>although</b>," and is a little stronger than&#160;<span class="hanzi">虽然</span>, perhaps more like "<b>even though</b>."</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span class="hanzist">尽管</span>&#160;A，<span class="hanzist">还是</span>&#160;/&#160;<span class="hanzist">仍然</span>&#160;B</div>
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      <li><span class="hanzi">尽管领导 今天 不 来，可 我们 还是 不 能 偷懒。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Even though the leaders aren't coming today, we still can't be lazy.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">尽管 火 很大，很 危险，消防员 仍然 勇敢 地 冲了 进去。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Even though the fire was big and it was very dangerous, the firefighters are still bravely running in.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">尽管 失败 了 好几次，可 他 仍然 想 创业。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Even though he's failed many times, he still wants to start a business.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">尽管 实现 这个 目标 不 太 容易，但是 我们 不能 这么快 就 放弃 。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Even though it's not that easy to realize this goal, we can't just give up on it.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">尽管 没 人 赞同 他的 观点，他 还是 坚持 自己 的 看法。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Even though nobody agreed with him,he still holds to his views.</span></li>
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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">可</span>&#160;or&#160;<span class="hanzi">但是</span>&#160;can be added before&#160;<span class="hanzi">还是</span>&#160;or&#160;<span class="hanzi">仍然</span>&#160;to further emphasize the shift in meaning in the second phrase.</p>

  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

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    <li><a href="&quot;Although&quot;_with_&quot;suiran&quot;_and_&quot;danshi&quot;" title="wikilink">"Although" with "suiran" and "danshi"</a></li>

    <li><a href="&quot;Not%E2%80%A6_But_Rather%E2%80%A6&quot;_with_&quot;er_shi&quot;" title="wikilink">"Not… But Rather…" with "er shi"</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

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    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本4</span>) (p. 206) </li>
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