知其不可而为之

zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī

释义

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

知其不可而为之 的构成词

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