不管
Definitions
- 1. not to be concerned
- 2. regardless of
- 3. no matter
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不管 must be followed by a question form such as an interrogative pronoun or a choice between alternatives. It cannot be followed by a declarative statement.
Grammar
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Use X也好，Y也罢 to say that the result is the same whichever case is true, and 也罢 on its own to accept something reluctantly: “oh well, fine”.
Use 不管怎样说 to set other details aside and come back to the point that matters most.
Use 不管 with a question word, an A不A choice or 还是 to say the result stays the same in every case, then add 都 or 也.
Use 任……也…… to say that however someone acts, or however strong a situation is, the result stays the same.
Example Sentences
3 shown不管 多么困难，我都要完成。
不管 它。
不管 誰來，都別開門。
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Words Containing 不管
of undetermined status
regardless of the consequences
to pay scant regard to (sth)
in any case
to eat without working (idiom)
to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)
(coll.) to wash one's hands of a matter
to stand by and pay no heed