老骥伏枥 — Chinese idiom
老骥伏枥
lǎo jì fú lì
Traditional: 老驥伏櫪
Meaning
- lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles ; fig. aged person with great aspirations
Character by character
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 骥jìa thoroughbred horse; refined, virtuous
- 伏fúto crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
- 枥lìoak tree; a stable
Idioms sharing a character
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng
- 天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo
- 宝刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo
- 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
- 年老力衰 nián lǎo lì shuāi
- 年老体弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò
- 敬老尊贤 jìng lǎo zūn xián
- 月下老人 yuè xià lǎo rén
- 深山老林 shēn shān lǎo lín
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