老骥伏枥

老驥伏櫪
lǎojìfúlì
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) an aged person with great aspirations
  2. an aged person with great aspirations

Wiktionary

好马虽老了，伏在马槽边，仍想奔跑千里的路程。语出三国魏．曹操〈步出夏门行〉：「老骥伏枥，志在千里。烈士暮年，壮心不已。」比喻年虽老而仍怀雄心壮志。宋．陆游〈与何蜀州启〉：「老骥伏枥，虽未歇于壮心。」也作「伏枥老骥」。

重編國語辭典

人老年仍壮志未衰。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 老骥 lǎojì
  1. old thoroughbred
  2. fig. aged person with great aspirations
2 伏 fú
  1. to lean over
  2. to fall (go down)
  3. to hide (in ambush)
  4. to conceal oneself
  5. to lie low
  6. hottest days of summer
  7. to submit
  8. to concede defeat
  9. to overcome
  10. to subdue
  11. volt
3 枥 lì
  1. type of oak
  2. stable (for horses)

Containing this entry

老骥伏枥，志在千里 lǎojìfúlì,zhìzàiqiānlǐ lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations