| 老骥伏枥，志在千里 |
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ |
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations |
| 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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 老骥 |
lǎo jì |
old thoroughbred / fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 老骥伏枥 |
lǎo jì fú lì |
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 骥 |
jì |
thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous |
| 伏 |
Fú |
surname Fu |
| 伏 |
fú |
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt |
| 枥 |
lì |
type of oak / stable (for horses) |
| 志 |
zhì |
aspiration / ambition / the will |
| 志 |
zhì |
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 千 |
qiān |
thousand |
| 千 |
qiān |
used in 秋千 |
| 千里 |
qiān lǐ |
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
Li (surname) |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |