江郎才尽 jiāng láng cái jìn

fig. to have used up one's creative powers

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 29612th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
江 jiāng HSK 4
river; surname Jiang
郎 láng HSK 6
official; a youth; surname Lang
才 cái HSK 3
(indicating sth happening later than expected)
尽 jìn HSK 4
to the greatest extent; to be within the limits of