- lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
Characters
- 老 (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; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 骥 (驥): thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous
- 伏 (伏): surname Fu
- 枥 (櫪): type of oak; stable (for horses)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 老骥伏枥
- MDBG: 老骥伏枥
- Examples with 老骥伏枥 on Tatoeba
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