A，（但）这并不妨碍 B
but that does not stop …; … all the same
Structure
让步的事实（缺点、批评、困难） ， （但／不过） 这并不妨碍 主语 + 动词（照样发生的结果）
What it means
Grants a drawback, then insists something happens all the same: “but that does not stop …”. 妨碍 is “to hinder”; 并 stresses the negative.
How it is built
Conceded fact，(但／不过) 这并不妨碍 + verb phrase or clause: 剧情一般，但这并不妨碍它走红 (the plot is ordinary, but that did not stop it taking off). The fact can be the subject: 性格内向并不妨碍她…
When to use it
Reviews, profiles and commentary. Unlike 虽然…但是…, which just links two facts, it says the first might have stood in the way and did not. In speech: 可他还是… or 照样 (lesson 8-20).
Watch out
The first fact must be a possible obstacle: ✗ 她唱功很好，这并不妨碍她走红 ✓ 正因为唱功好，她才走红. Write 妨 with 女, not 防; 不妨 (lesson 5-7) means “might as well”.
Examples
有人嫌她唱功稚嫩，不过，这并不妨碍她走红：大批年轻人追捧她。
Some found her singing raw, but that did not stop her becoming a star: crowds of young people idolised her.
这部电影的情节谈不上新颖，但这并不妨碍它成为今年夏天票房最高的电影。
The film’s plot is hardly original, but that has not stopped it becoming the highest-grossing film of the summer.
性格内向并不妨碍她成为一名出色的主持人。
Being an introvert has not stopped her becoming an excellent presenter.
Learn this in Lesson 232 · HSK 9+: 超级女声 (Super Girl: the show that taught China to vote)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.
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