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老骥伏枥

lǎo jì fú lì

4-character word Traditional 老驥伏櫪

What 老骥伏枥 means

1. lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations

The characters in 老骥伏枥

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 骥jìthoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 枥lìtype of oak; stable (for horses)

Words starting with 老骥伏枥

• 老骥伏枥，志在千里lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐlit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom)…