江郎才盡

Chinese
river youth
 
ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
 
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
trad. (江郎才盡) 江 郎 才 盡
simp. (江郎才尽) 江 郎 才 尽
Literally: “Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

江郎才盡

  1. (figuratively) to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
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