Word information
Simplified老骥嘶风
Traditional老驥嘶風
Pinyinlǎo jì sī fēng
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
老骥嘶风
lǎo jì sī fēng · old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
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