"老驥伏櫪" meaning in Chinese

See 老驥伏櫪 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ kʰei̯³³ fʊk̚² lɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/, /lou̯¹³ kʰei̯³³ fʊk̚² lɪk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lǎojìfúlì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁶ lik¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎojìfúlì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎojìfúlì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-chi⁴-fu²-li⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-jì-fú-lì [Mandarin, Yale], laojihfwulih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаоцзифули [Mandarin, Palladius], laoczifuli [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh kei fuhk līk [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁹ lik⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ kéi³ fug⁶ lig¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 老骥伏枥
Etymology: From a poem by Cao Cao Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 老驥伏櫪
  1. (figurative) an aged person with great aspirations Wikipedia link: Cao Cao Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
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      "ref": " 三國·魏·曹操《步出夏門行》",
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      "zh-pron": "lao³-chi⁴-fu²-li⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "laojihfwulih"
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      "zh-pron": "лаоцзифули"
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      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ kéi³ fug⁶ lig¹"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁶ lik¹"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
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      "zh-pron": "лаоцзифули"
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      "zh-pron": "laoczifuli"
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "lóuh kei fuhk līk"
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