儘管交通很堵，我們還是設法及時趕到了。

Despite all of the traffic we managed to make it in time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 儘管 jǐnguǎn
  1. despite
  2. although
  3. even though
  4. in spite of
  5. unhesitatingly
  6. do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)
  7. (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
2 交通 jiāotōng
  1. to be connected
  2. traffic
  3. transportation
  4. communications
  5. liaison
3 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=4 堵 dǔ
  1. to block up (a road, pipe etc)
  2. to stop up (a hole)
  3. (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
  4. wall (literary)
  5. (classifier for walls)
=4 堵 zhě
  1. (～河) Zhe or Du River (river in Hubei Province, China)
  2. Zhe or Du River (river in Hubei Province, China)
5 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=6 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=6 還是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
7 設法 shèfǎ
  1. to try
  2. to make an attempt
  3. to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
8 及時 jíshí
  1. timely; at the right time
  2. promptly; without delay
9 趕到 gǎndào to hurry (to some place)
=10 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=10 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=10 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=10 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào