Word Meaning 騏驎も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る

きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる kirin mo oinurebadoba ni otoru

騏驎も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る is read as きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる (kirin mo oinurebadoba ni otoru) and means even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old.

Meaning

English

  1. even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

Reading

Kana

きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる

Romaji

kirin mo oinurebadoba ni otoru

Writing Variants

  • 麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる kirin mo oinurebadoba ni otoru

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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老馬

ろうば

old horse

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駑馬

どば

hack

劣る

おとる

to be inferior to

老いる

おいる

to age

老ける

ふける

to age

年老いる

としおいる

to grow old

老境に入る

ろうきょうにいる

to be advanced in age

竹馬に乗る

たけうまにのる

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