Definitions

1. 1. old thoroughbred
2. 2. fig. aged person with great aspirations

Components

• 老 lǎo – prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• 骥 jì – thoroughbred horse

Related Words

• 老骥伏枥 lǎo jì fú lì – lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
• 老骥嘶风 lǎo jì sī fēng – old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
• 老骥伏枥，志在千里 lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ – lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom)