Jiāng láng cái jìn

Traditional: 江郎才盡

江郎才尽 (Jiāng láng cái jìn) is a Chinese word meaning “Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom); fig. to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block”.

Meanings

  1. 1Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to have used up one's creative powers
  3. 3to have writer's block

Characters in 江郎才尽

江jiāng · river郎láng · (arch.) minister才cái · ability; talent尽jǐn · to the greatest extent

Related words

才ability; talent才(variant of 才[cai2]) just now刚才just now刚才just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2])尽to the greatest extent尽to use up尽管despite尽力to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort尽快as quickly as possible; as soon as possible尽快see 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]尽量as much as possible尽量as much as possible

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