老骥伏枥
Traditional form:
老驥伏櫪
Pinyin (reading):
lǎojìfúlì
Definitions:
- lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
Characters:
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 骥 - a thoroughbred horse; refined, virtuous
- 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
- 枥 - oak tree; a stable
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