See 老驥伏櫪 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 三國·魏·曹操《步出夏門行》",
"roman": "Lǎojì fúlì, zhì zài qiānlǐ; lièshì mùnián, zhuàngxīn bùyǐ.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "老驥伏櫪，志在千里；烈士暮年，壯心不已。",
"type": "quote"
},
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"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.",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 三國·魏·曹操《步出夏門行》",
"roman": "Lǎojì fúlì, zhì zài qiānlǐ; lièshì mùnián, zhuàngxīn bùyǐ.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "老骥伏枥，志在千里；烈士暮年，壮心不已。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From a poem by Cao Cao",
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"form": "老骥伏枥",
"raw_tags": [
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}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles",
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"(figurative) an aged person with great aspirations"
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁶ lik¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "lao³-chi⁴-fu²-li⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎu-jì-fú-lì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "laojihfwulih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "лаоцзифули"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "laoczifuli"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lóuh kei fuhk līk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁹ lik⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ kéi³ fug⁶ lig¹"
},
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"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kʰei̯³³ fʊk̚² lɪk̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kʰei̯³³ fʊk̚² lɪk̚⁵/"
}
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"word": "老驥伏櫪"
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"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.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 三國·魏·曹操《步出夏門行》",
"roman": "Lǎojì fúlì, zhì zài qiānlǐ; lièshì mùnián, zhuàngxīn bùyǐ.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "老驥伏櫪，志在千里；烈士暮年，壯心不已。",
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},
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"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.",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 三國·魏·曹操《步出夏門行》",
"roman": "Lǎojì fúlì, zhì zài qiānlǐ; lièshì mùnián, zhuàngxīn bùyǐ.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "老骥伏枥，志在千里；烈士暮年，壮心不已。",
"type": "quote"
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"Simplified Chinese"
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"literal_meaning": "an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles",
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"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 伏",
"Chinese terms spelled with 櫪",
"Chinese terms spelled with 老",
"Chinese terms spelled with 驥",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"glosses": [
"an aged person with great aspirations"
],
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"aged",
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"person",
"person"
],
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"great"
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"(figurative) an aged person with great aspirations"
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁶ lik¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎojìfúlì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "lao³-chi⁴-fu²-li⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lǎu-jì-fú-lì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "laojihfwulih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "лаоцзифули"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "laoczifuli"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "lóuh kei fuhk līk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ kei³ fuk⁹ lik⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "lou⁵ kéi³ fug⁶ lig¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kʰei̯³³ fʊk̚² lɪk̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹ fu³⁵ li⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lou̯¹³ kʰei̯³³ fʊk̚² lɪk̚⁵/"
}
],
"word": "老驥伏櫪"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 老驥伏櫪 meaning in Chinese (3.3kB)
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