how to use the sentence type like " Try as she might"

[marianren123]

Try as she might, she couldn't manage to move the heavy box.
How to analyse the structure of the first part " try as she might"? How do you understand this sentence?

[Avalon]

well Try as she might means She tried very hard and in every possible way...but could not move the heavy box....
there are other things you can say using the same pattern such as, "don´t touch it yet,hot as it is ,it would burn you badly!"

[svartnik]

Originally Posted by marianren123

Try as she might, she couldn't manage to move the heavy box.
How to analyse the structure of the first part " try as she might"? How do you understand this sentence?

Although she tried hard, she still could not manage to move the heavy box.
It is a formulaic (optative) subjunctive expression.

[marianren123]

Thank you for your help.