See 知其不可為而為之 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "See 知其不可而為／知其不可而为 (zhī qí bùkě ér wéi).",
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"synonym of 知其不可而為 /知其不可而为 (zhī qí bùkě ér wéi, “to (stubbornly) do something even though one knows it is impossible”)"
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"zh_pron": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī"
},
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"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
},
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ho² wai⁴ ji⁴ wai⁴ zi¹"
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"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "jhihcíbùkěwéi-érwéijhih"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "chih¹-chʻi²-pu⁴-kʻo³-wei²-êrh²-wei²-chih¹"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "jr̄-chí-bù-kě-wéi-ér-wéi-jr̄"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jychyibukeeweierlweijy"
},
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"roman": "čžicibukɛvɛjɛrvɛjčži",
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"zh_pron": "чжицибукэвэйэрвэйчжи"
},
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"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "jī kèih bāt hó wàih yìh wàih jī"
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"zh_pron": "dzi¹ kei⁴ bat⁷ ho² wai⁴ ji⁴ wai⁴ dzi¹"
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"zh_pron": "ji¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ ho² wei⁴ yi⁴ wei⁴ ji¹"
},
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"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jiː²¹ wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
},
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ho² wai⁴ ji⁴ wai⁴ zi¹"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓ"
},
{
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],
"zh_pron": "jhihcíbùkěwéi-érwéijhih"
},
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh_pron": "chih¹-chʻi²-pu⁴-kʻo³-wei²-êrh²-wei²-chih¹"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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],
"zh_pron": "jr̄-chí-bù-kě-wéi-ér-wéi-jr̄"
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},
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"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ho² wai⁴ ji⁴ wai⁴ zi¹"
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"zh_pron": "jī kèih bāt hó wàih yìh wàih jī"
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"zh_pron": "dzi¹ kei⁴ bat⁷ ho² wai⁴ ji⁴ wai⁴ dzi¹"
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"zh_pron": "ji¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ ho² wei⁴ yi⁴ wei⁴ ji¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jiː²¹ wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/",
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"word": "知其不可為而為之"
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