醫生雖然已經竭盡全力，但不久病人還是死了。

All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 醫生 yīshēng doctor

classifiers: 個, 位, 名
2 雖然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 kěshì or 但是 dànshì etc)
3 已經 yǐjīng already
4 竭盡全力 jiéjìnquánlì (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 不久 bùjiǔ
  1. not long (after)
  2. before too long
  3. soon
  4. soon after
7 病人 bìngrén
  1. sick person
  2. patient
  3. invalid

classifier: 個
=8 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=8 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
9 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)