老骥

老驥
lǎojì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an old thoroughbred horse
  2. 2 an aged person who still has great ambitions

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā qīshí suì hái zài gǎo yánjiū, zhēnshì lǎojì fú lì.
He's still doing research at seventy - truly an old steed in its stall.
HSK 7-9
Lǎojì suī lǎo, zhì zài qiān lǐ.
Though the old steed is old, its ambition reaches a thousand miles.

Tips

history
From Cao Cao's (曹操) 《龟虽寿》: 老骥伏枥,志在千里;烈士暮年,壮心不已 - 'The old steed in its stall still longs for a thousand-li ride; the hero in his twilight years still burns with ambition.' One of the most quoted lines on aging gracefully in Chinese.

Stroke Order

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