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老驥伏櫪

简老骥伏枥 · 繁老驥伏櫪

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo jì fú lì

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

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3–4–2–4 · lao3 ji4 fu2 li4

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lou5 kei3 fuk6 lik1

Cantonese word readings for 老驥伏櫪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

lou5 kei3 fuk6 lik1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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