老骥伏枥 老驥伏櫪
老骥伏枥 老驥伏櫪 lǎo jì fú lì ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ lou5 kei3 fuk6 lik1
- lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
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老
- 元老 yuán lǎo ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ jyun4 lou5 senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
- 古老 gǔ lǎo ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄠˇ gu2 lou5 ancient
- 老人 lǎo rén ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ lou5 jan4 old man or woman
- 老公 lǎo gōng ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ lou5 gung1 (coll.) husband
- 老化 lǎo huà ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ lou5 faa3 (of a person, population or material) to age
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- 老大 lǎo dà ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ lou5 daai6 old age
- 老婆 lǎo pó ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊ lou5 po4 (coll.) wife
- 老子 lǎo zi ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ lou5 zi2 father
- 老家 lǎo jiā ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ lou5 gaa1 native place
- 老实 老實 lǎo shi ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕ lou5 sat6 honest; sincere
- 老师 老師 lǎo shī ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ lou5 si1 teacher
- 老年 lǎo nián ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ lou5 nin4 elderly
- 老是 lǎo shi ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕ lou5 si6 always
- 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ lou5 hon3 old man
- 老虎 lǎo hǔ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ lou5 fu2 tiger
- 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn ㄌㄠˇ ㄩㄢˇ lou5 jyun5 very far away
- 老乡 老鄉 lǎo xiāng ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤ lou5 hoeng1 fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
- 老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ lou5 baan2 boss
- 老鼠 lǎo shǔ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ lou5 syu2 rat; mouse
- 衰老 shuāi lǎo ㄕㄨㄞ ㄌㄠˇ seoi1 lou5 to age
骥 驥
- 老骥 老驥 lǎo jì ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ lou5 kei3 old thoroughbred
- 骥骜 驥驁 jì ào ㄐㄧˋ ㄠˋ kei3 ngou4 fine horse
- 冯骥才 馮驥才 Féng Jì cái ㄈㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄘㄞˊ fung4 kei3 coi4 Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
- 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì ㄢˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧˋ on3 tou4 saak3 kei3 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
- 牛骥同槽 牛驥同槽 niú jì tóng cáo ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄠˊ ngau4 kei3 tung4 cou4 cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
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伏
- 埋伏 mái fú ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ maai4 fuk6 to ambush
- 起伏 qǐ fú ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ hei2 fuk6 to move up and down
- 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- 三伏 sān fú ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ saam1 fuk6 the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
- 中伏 zhōng fú ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˊ zung1 fuk6 the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
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- 中伏 zhòng fú ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˊ zung1 fuk6 to be ambushed
- 乞伏 Qǐ fú ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ hat1 fuk6 tribe of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people
- 二伏 èr fú ㄦˋ ㄈㄨˊ ji6 fuk6 中伏
- 伏侍 fú shi ㄈㄨˊ ˙ㄕ fuk6 si6 variant of 服侍
- 伏兵 fú bīng ㄈㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄥ fuk6 bing1 hidden troops
- 伏地 fú dì ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ fuk6 dei6 to lie prostrate
- 伏天 fú tiān ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ fuk6 tin1 see 三伏
- 伏安 fú ān ㄈㄨˊ ㄢ fuk6 on1 volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
- 伏惟 fú wéi ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ fuk6 wai4 to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
- 伏击 伏擊 fú jī ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧ fuk6 gik1 ambush
- 伏案 fú àn ㄈㄨˊ ㄢˋ fuk6 on3 to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
- 伏汛 fú xùn ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄩㄣˋ fuk6 seon3 summer flood
- 伏法 fú fǎ ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ fuk6 faat3 to be executed
- 伏流 fú liú ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ fuk6 lau4 hidden stream
- 伏特 fú tè ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄜˋ fuk6 dak6 (loanword) volt