尽管
          
            (儘管)
          
          jǐnguǎn
        
        
        
          
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              jǐnguǎn 
              conjunction 
              despite; although; even though 
              Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
              
                , Subdomain: Function Words 
              
              
                , Concept: Correlative 关联词
              
              
              
                Notes: This conjunction is often used as a connecting word in the subordinate clause of subordinate complex sentences.  It is often used in the pattern 尽管…,但是… to express a contrasting relationship between clauses (CC-CEDICT '儘管').
              
              
             
          
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              jǐnguǎn 
              adverb 
              despite; although; even though 
              Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
              
                , Subdomain: Function Words 
              
              
              
              
                Notes: (CC-CEDICT '儘管')