"知其不可而為" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "Zilu happening to pass the night in Shi Men, the gatekeeper said to him, \"Whom do you come from?\" Zi Lu said, \"From Mr. Kong.\" \"It is he, is it not?\" said the other, \"who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them.\"",
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      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Zǐlù sù yú Shímén. Chén mén yuē: “Xī zì?” Zǐlù yuē: “Zì Kǒng shì.” Yuē: “Shì zhī qí bùkě ér wéi zhī zhě yú?”",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "子路宿於石門。晨門曰：「奚自？」子路曰：「自孔氏。」曰：「是知其不可而為之者與？」",
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    },
    {
      "english": "Zilu happening to pass the night in Shi Men, the gatekeeper said to him, \"Whom do you come from?\" Zi Lu said, \"From Mr. Kong.\" \"It is he, is it not?\" said the other, \"who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them.\"",
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      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Zǐlù sù yú Shímén. Chén mén yuē: “Xī zì?” Zǐlù yuē: “Zì Kǒng shì.” Yuē: “Shì zhī qí bùkě ér wéi zhī zhě yú?”",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "子路宿于石门。晨门曰：「奚自？」子路曰：「自孔氏。」曰：「是知其不可而为之者与？」",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Analects, Book 14 (《論語·憲問》)",
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      "form": "知其不可而为",
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      "glosses": [
        "to (stubbornly) do something even though you know it is impossible; to understand the difficulty of a feat but to attempt it anyway because it is the right thing to do (e.g. strive to eliminate world hunger)"
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          "roman": "zhīqíbùkě'érwéizhī",
          "word": "知其不可而為之／知其不可而为之"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī",
          "word": "知其不可為而為之／知其不可为而为之"
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        {
          "roman": "zhīqíbùkě'érwéizhī",
          "word": "知其不可而為之"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīqíbùkě'érwéizhī",
          "word": "知其不可而为之"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī",
          "word": "知其不可為而為之"
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        {
          "roman": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī",
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      "zh-pron": "zhī qí bùkě ér wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄦˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ho² ji⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhī qí bùkě ér wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhih cí bùkě ér wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹ chʻi² pu⁴-kʻo³ êrh² wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄ chí bù-kě ér wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy chyi bukee erl wei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжи ци букэ эр вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čži ci bukɛ er vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jī kèih bāt hó yìh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ kei⁴ bat⁷ ho² ji⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ ho² yi⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    }
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  "word": "知其不可而為"
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    {
      "english": "Zilu happening to pass the night in Shi Men, the gatekeeper said to him, \"Whom do you come from?\" Zi Lu said, \"From Mr. Kong.\" \"It is he, is it not?\" said the other, \"who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them.\"",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Zǐlù sù yú Shímén. Chén mén yuē: “Xī zì?” Zǐlù yuē: “Zì Kǒng shì.” Yuē: “Shì zhī qí bùkě ér wéi zhī zhě yú?”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "子路宿於石門。晨門曰：「奚自？」子路曰：「自孔氏。」曰：「是知其不可而為之者與？」",
      "type": "quote"
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    {
      "english": "Zilu happening to pass the night in Shi Men, the gatekeeper said to him, \"Whom do you come from?\" Zi Lu said, \"From Mr. Kong.\" \"It is he, is it not?\" said the other, \"who knows the impracticable nature of the times and yet will be doing in them.\"",
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        "Classical Chinese",
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      "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Zǐlù sù yú Shímén. Chén mén yuē: “Xī zì?” Zǐlù yuē: “Zì Kǒng shì.” Yuē: “Shì zhī qí bùkě ér wéi zhī zhě yú?”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "子路宿于石门。晨门曰：「奚自？」子路曰：「自孔氏。」曰：「是知其不可而为之者与？」",
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        "to (stubbornly) do something even though you know it is impossible; to understand the difficulty of a feat but to attempt it anyway because it is the right thing to do (e.g. strive to eliminate world hunger)"
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      "zh-pron": "zhī qí bùkě ér wéi"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄦˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
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    {
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "zi¹ kei⁴ bat¹ ho² ji⁴ wai⁴"
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "zhī qí bùkě ér wéi"
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    {
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "jhih cí bùkě ér wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹ chʻi² pu⁴-kʻo³ êrh² wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄ chí bù-kě ér wéi"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy chyi bukee erl wei"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "чжи ци букэ эр вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čži ci bukɛ er vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "jī kèih bāt hó yìh wàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi¹ kei⁴ bat⁷ ho² ji⁴ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji¹ kéi⁴ bed¹ ho² yi⁴ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː²¹ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː²¹ wɐi̯²¹/"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "zhīqíbùkě'érwéizhī",
      "word": "知其不可而為之／知其不可而为之"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī",
      "word": "知其不可為而為之／知其不可为而为之"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqíbùkě'érwéizhī",
      "word": "知其不可而為之"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqíbùkě'érwéizhī",
      "word": "知其不可而为之"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī",
      "word": "知其不可為而為之"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqíbùkěwéi'érwéizhī",
      "word": "知其不可为而为之"
    }
  ],
  "word": "知其不可而為"
}

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