idiom · to have used up one's creative powers or talent; to suffer from writer's block

这位著名作家已经好几年没出新作了，大家都在怀疑他是否已经江郎才尽。

expression · referring to the story of the writer Jiang Yan who lost his literary inspiration after returning a magic brush in a dream

“江郎才尽”这个成语最初是用来形容南朝文学家江淹的。