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老骥伏枥，志在千里

lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ

9-character word Traditional 老驥伏櫪，志在千里

What 老骥伏枥，志在千里 means

1. lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations

The characters in 老骥伏枥，志在千里

• 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)
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 千qiānthousand
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside