老骥伏枥 lǎojìfúlì old person with great ambitions Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 老骥伏枥,志在千里 lǎojìfúlìzhìzàiqiānlǐ old people still have high aspirations Literally "an old horse in the stable still dreams of running a thousand miles"; used to describe an older person who still possesses great ambition and energy.