jiāng​yān​cái​jìn

at the end of one's creative resources

  1. Jiang Yan
    Famous writer and politician (444–505) of the Southern Dynasties known for his poetry and prose; he is the subject of the idiom 江郎才尽 jiāng​láng​cái​jìn which describes someone whose creative talent has faded.
  2. talent
    (bound form) talent; remarkable ability; gift
  3. to use up
    to use up; to exhaust; to finish; to end