知其不可而为之

zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī

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

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Child Words of 知其不可而为之

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 其 其 qí: his
• 可 可 kě: can
• 为 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 为 wèi: because of
• 而 而 ér: and
• 不可 不可 bù kě: cannot; should not; must not
• 知 知 zhī: to know