知
其
不
可
而
为
之
z
h
ī
q
í
b
ù
k
ě
é
r
w
é
i
z
h
ī
Definitions
1. to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
Components
知
zhī
–
to know
其
qí
–
his
不可
bù kě
–
cannot
而
ér
–
and
为
wéi
–
as (in the capacity of)
之
zhī
–
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])