老骥伏枥，志在千里
Traditional: 老驥伏櫪，志在千里Dictionary entry
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
What does 老骥伏枥，志在千里 mean?
老骥伏枥，志在千里 (lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
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老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)骥jìthoroughbred horse · refined and virtuous伏Fúsurname Fu枥lìtype of oak · stable (for horses)志zhìaspiration · ambition在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at千qiānthousand里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]
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