lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ

Traditional: 老驥伏櫪，志在千里

老骥伏枥，志在千里 (lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 老骥伏枥，志在千里

老lǎo · 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骥jì · thoroughbred horse伏fú · to lean over枥lì · type of oak志zhì · aspiration在zài · to exist; to be alive千qiān · thousand里lǐ · lining

Related words

在to exist; to be alive现在now; at present; currently里lining里li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m里surname Li里variant of 裡|里[li3]这里here这里variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]那里there; that place那里there; that place老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哪里where?

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