知其不可而为之

Traditional: 知其不可而為之

zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī

Dictionary entry

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

What does 知其不可而为之 mean?

知其不可而为之 (zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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知zhīto know · to be aware 其qíhis · her 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 而érand · as well as 为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him

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How to pronounce 知其不可而为之

知其不可而为之

zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī

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