{"path":"/entry/87236","title":"老骥伏枥 / 老驥伏櫪 (lǎo jì fú lì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"老骥伏枥 / 老驥伏櫪 (lǎo jì fú lì): literally an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) · figuratively aged person with great aspirations. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":87236,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["老骥伏枥"],"TRADITIONAL":["老驥伏櫪"]}},"phonetic":"lǎo jì fú lì","phoneticKey":"lao3 ji4 fu2 li4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively aged person with great aspirations","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","IDIOM"],"frequency":91032,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From a poem by Cao Cao","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"老骥伏枥，志在千里；烈士暮年，壮心不已。","traditional":"老驥伏櫪，志在千里；烈士暮年，壯心不已。"},"phonetic":"Lǎojì fúlì, zhì zài qiānlǐ; lièshì mùnián, zhuàngxīn bùyǐ.","english":"The old steed over the manger still has the mind to do a thousand-li journey;\nThe heroic old man still cherishes lofty ambitions.","ref":"三國·魏·曹操《步出夏門行》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}