江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn

fig. to have used up one's creative powers

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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)
盡 jìn
entirely; all; to the utmost