Read Edit View history 甘井先竭 gānjǐngxiānjié the sweet well is exhausted first Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 甘井先竭 gānjǐngxiānjié the sweet well is exhausted first (idiom) a sweet-water well will be the first to dry up; used as a metaphor for how people of great talent are often overworked or burdened until they decline or burn out early Edit Delete References Add reference same_as 甘井先竭/甘井先竭 → 甘泉必竭/甘泉必竭 Edit Delete see 甘井先竭/甘井先竭 → 直木先伐/直木先伐 Edit Delete
甘井先竭 gānjǐngxiānjié the sweet well is exhausted first (idiom) a sweet-water well will be the first to dry up; used as a metaphor for how people of great talent are often overworked or burdened until they decline or burn out early Edit Delete