江郎才尽
江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom); fig. to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
idiomverb
Traditional: 江郎才盡
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- (idiom, verb) Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
- fig. to have used up one's creative powers
- to have writer's block
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Related Words
三个代表(Sān gè Dài biǎo)· the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people
→三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮(sān gè chòu pí jiang , shèng guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng)· variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
→三峡(Sān xiá)· Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu1 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]
→三江平原(Sān jiāng píng yuán)· Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[Song1 hua1 jiang1], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[Wu1 su1 li3 jiang1]
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