江郎才尽
Jiāng​láng​cái​jìn

creative exhaustion

  • created sense approved 江郎才尽/江郎才盡 · Jiāng​láng​cái​jìn · creative exhaustion

    江郎才尽 / 江郎才盡

    Jiāng​láng​cái​jìn

    creative exhaustion

    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。

    idiom

    created sense

  • created sense approved 江郎才尽/江郎才盡 · Jiāng​láng​cái​jìn · historical allusion

    江郎才尽 / 江郎才盡

    Jiāng​láng​cái​jìn

    historical allusion

    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。

    expression

    created sense