江郎才尽 — Chinese idiom
江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
Traditional: 江郎才盡
Meaning
- Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent
- fig. to have used up one's creative powers
- to have writer's block
Character by character
- 江Jiānglarge river; the Yangtze; surname
- 郎lánggentleman, young man; husband
- 才cáiability, talent, gift; just, only
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
Idioms sharing a character
- 大江南北 Dà jiāng nán běi
- 指点江山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
- 文江学海 wén jiāng xué hǎi
- 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià
- 江洋大盗 jiāng yáng dà dào
- 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
- 万里江山 wàn lǐ jiāng shān
- 过江之鲫 guò jiāng zhī jì
- 夜郎自大 Yè láng zì dà
- 人才济济 rén cái jǐ jǐ
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