知其不可而为之

zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī

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Definitions

1. to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)

Child Words of 知其不可而为之

no; not so

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

his

can

as (in the capacity of)

because of

and

cannot; should not; must not

to know