lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
trad. 老驥伏櫪，志在千里
Also written 老驥伏櫪，志在千里【lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ】
Characters in this word
8老
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prefix 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old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
骥
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thoroughbred horse, refined and virtuous
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 驥
- Strokes
- 19
伏
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surname Fu
- Pinyin
- Fú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 15619 of 2500
枥
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type of oak, stable (for horses)
- Pinyin
- lì
- Traditional
- 櫪
- Strokes
- 8
志
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aspiration, ambition, the will
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 28262 of 2500
在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500