江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
Pinyin

Definition

江郎才尽
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Jiāng láng cái jìn
  1. Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
  2. fig. to have used up one's creative powers
  3. to have writer's block

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

才
cái
  1. 1 ability
  2. 2 talent
  3. 3 sb of a certain type
  4. 4 a capable individual
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 only then
  7. 7 just now
九江
Jiǔ jiāng
  1. 1 Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
  2. 2 also Jiujiang county
二郎神
Èr láng shén
  1. 1 Erlangshen, Chinese deity
人才
rén cái
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 talented person
  3. 3 looks
  4. 4 attractive looks
伴郎
bàn láng
  1. 1 best man
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 just now
  2. 2 a moment ago
口才
kǒu cái
  1. 1 eloquence
天才
tiān cái
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 gift
  3. 3 genius
  4. 4 talented
  5. 5 gifted
女郎
nu:3 láng
  1. 1 young woman
  2. 2 maiden
  3. 3 girl
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
爱才
ài cái
  1. 1 to admire talented people
  2. 2 to value talent
才子
cái zǐ
  1. 1 gifted scholar
才子佳人
cái zǐ jiā rén
  1. 1 gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
才能
cái néng
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 ability
  3. 3 capacity
才华
cái huá
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn]
新郎
xīn láng
  1. 1 bridegroom
  2. 2 groom
江
Jiāng
  1. 1 surname Jiang
江北
Jiāng běi
  1. 1 Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
  2. 2 Chongqing's main airport
  3. 3 Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Níng bō shì], Zhejiang
江南
Jiāng nán
  1. 1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4 a province during Qing times
  5. 5 in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. 6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
江湖
jiāng hú
  1. 1 rivers and lakes
  2. 2 all corners of the country
  3. 3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
  4. 4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
  5. 5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
  6. 6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
  7. 7 demimonde
  8. 8 (in modern times) triads
  9. 9 secret gangster societies
  10. 10 underworld

Idioms (20)

不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
人才济济
rén cái jǐ jǐ
  1. 1 a galaxy of talent (idiom)
  2. 2 a great number of competent people
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
  1. 1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
  1. 1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. foolish conceit
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
天妒英才
tiān dù yīng cái
  1. 1 heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
  2. 2 those whom the Gods love die young
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
德才兼备
dé cái jiān bèi
  1. 1 having both integrity and talent (idiom)
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
  1. 1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
  2. 2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)
怀才不遇
huái cái bù yù
  1. 1 to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an unrecognized talent
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
才子佳人
cái zǐ jiā rén
  1. 1 gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
才气过人
cái qì guò rén
  1. 1 an outstanding talent (idiom)
  2. 2 surpassing insight and acumen
才疏学浅
cái shū xué qiǎn
  1. 1 (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
才华出众
cái huá chū zhòng
  1. 1 outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
才华盖世
cái huá gài shì
  1. 1 peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
才识过人
cái shí guò rén
  1. 1 an outstanding talent (idiom)
  2. 2 surpassing insight and acumen
才貌双全
cái mào shuāng quán
  1. 1 talented and good-looking (idiom)

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