lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines; to try and find sth with the help of a clue
冯骥才馮驥才feng2 ji4 cai2
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
骥骜驥驁ji4 ao4
fine horse; thoroughbred
老骥老驥lao3 ji4
old thoroughbred; fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥老驥伏櫪lao3 ji4 fu2 li4
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations