尽管……但……
Reach for 尽管...但... when you want to concede a fact and then push past it — 'even though X, Y still holds.' It's a slightly stronger, more formal cousin of 虽然...但是.... Common in writing, news, and any moment when you're acknowledging a real obstacle but signaling that the main point survives it. Treat it as concession with a firmer push-back.
Structure
尽管 [CONCESSION], 但 [MAIN POINT]
jǐnguǎn... dàn...
How to Think About It
尽管 = 'granted that, yes, fine.' 但 = 'and yet.' The first clause is the concession you're willing to admit out loud; the second is the punchline you really want to land. The pattern works best when the concession is genuinely strong — if it's a trivial point, 虽然 reads more natural. Keep both halves: dropping 但 makes the concession feel unresolved.
Examples
尽管天气很冷, 但他还是去跑步了。
Jǐnguǎn tiānqì hěn lěng, dàn tā háishì qù pǎobù le.
Although the weather was cold, he still went out for a run.
尽管市场不景气, 这家公司也在持续增长。
Jǐnguǎn shìchǎng bù jǐngqì, zhè jiā gōngsī yě zài chíxù zēngzhǎng.
Despite the sluggish market, this company is also continuing to grow.
尽管失败了很多次, 但她从未放弃。
Jǐnguǎn shībài le hěn duō cì, dàn tā cóngwèi fàngqì.
Although she failed many times, she never gave up.
尽管工作很累, 但她从来不抱怨。
Jǐnguǎn gōngzuò hěn lèi, dàn tā cónglái bù bàoyuàn.
Even though the work is exhausting, she never complains.
尽管价格很贵, 但质量真的很好。
Jǐnguǎn jiàgé hěn guì, dàn zhìliàng zhēn de hěn hǎo.
Even though the price is high, the quality really is excellent.
尽管他失败了好几次, 但他没有放弃。
Jǐnguǎn tā shībài le hǎo jǐ cì, dàn tā méiyǒu fàngqì.
Even though he failed several times, he didn't give up.
Common Mistake
Learners mix 尽管 with 尽量 ('as much as possible') because they look identical and share a syllable. They also drop 但 thinking the meaning carries over from 尽管. Always keep 但 — without it, the sentence sounds like you forgot to finish your thought.
尽管下雨, 我们去爬山。
尽管下雨, 但我们还是去爬山了。
Don't Confuse With
虽然...但是...
虽然 is the everyday spoken version; 尽管 sounds more formal and written. Same logic, different register. In news and essays, pick 尽管.
不管...都...
不管 = 'no matter what' (hypothetical range). 尽管 = 'despite this one real fact.' 不管下不下雨 = whether or not it rains; 尽管下雨 = even though it's raining (it is).
即便...也...
即便 imagines a hypothetical extreme; 尽管 concedes an actual current state. 即便明天下雨 = even if it rains; 尽管今天下雨 = though it's raining today (and it is).
虽然……但是……
Everyday version. Use 虽然...但是... in speech and casual writing. 尽管...但... feels written and slightly more emphatic about the concession.
即使……也……
Hypothetical, not factual: 'even if X (which may not happen), still Y.' 尽管 treats X as actually true; 即使 treats X as a hypothesis.
Practice
___ 工作很忙, 但他每天都锻炼。
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尽管
尽管下着雨, 我们 ___ 出发了。 (use the persistence word)
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也
Put in order: [尽管 / 但 / 他 / 累 / 完成 / 很 / 了 / 任务]
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尽管他很累, 但完成了任务。
Translate to Chinese: 'Although the price went up, demand still grew.'
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尽管价格上涨, 但需求也增长了。
Write a sentence conceding a real obstacle but pushing past it, using 尽管...但....
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Example answer: 尽管这个项目很有挑战, 但团队还是按时完成了。 (Although the project was challenging, the team still finished on time.)
___ 天气不好, 但比赛还是按时开始了。
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尽管
尽管他很努力, ___ 还是没考上。
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但
Put in order: [尽管 / 但 / 累 / 我 / 很 / 坚持 / 下来 / 了]
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尽管很累, 但我坚持下来了。
Translate to Chinese: 'Even though it was raining, the match still went on.'
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尽管下着雨, 但比赛还是进行了。
Write one sentence about pushing through a difficulty, using 尽管...但....
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Example answer: 尽管中文很难, 但我每天都坚持学习。 (Even though Chinese is hard, I still study every day.)
Hear It in Real Episodes
This pattern appears in 3 Fluentide episodes. Press play to hear the sentence:
而AI训练的目标恰恰是消除偏见（尽管它引入了新的算法偏见），追求全面和客观。
Yet the goal of AI training is precisely to eliminate bias (although it introduces new algorithmic biases) and to pursue comprehensiveness and objectivity.
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尽管普雷斯蒂安尼矢口否认，但维尼修斯得到了队友们的强力声援，特别是基利安·姆巴佩，他明确告诉媒体，自己听到了那个带有种族歧视色彩的词汇被重复了五次。
Although Prestianni vehemently denied it, Vinicius received strong backing from his teammates, especially Kylian Mbappé, who explicitly told the media he heard the racially charged word repeated five times.
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关于高市早苗在日本大选中取得压倒性胜利这一事件，商界和分析人士普遍认为，这使得东京与北京之间的关系在短期内显著改善的希望变得十分渺茫，尽管也有部分声音认为紧张局势最终会趋于稳定。
Regarding Takaichi Sanae's overwhelming victory in the Japanese general election, business circles and analysts widely believe that this makes any significant improvement in Tokyo-Beijing relations in the short term appear very unlikely, although some voices suggest that tensions will eventually stabilize.
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