江郎才盡

Chinese

		river	youth	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)
trad. (江郎才盡)		江	郎	才	盡
simp. (江郎才尽)		江	郎	才	尽
Literally: “Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānglángcáijìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄌㄤˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ long⁴ coi⁴ zeon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānglángcáijìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄌㄤˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianglángcáijìn
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-lang²-tsʻai²-chin⁴
    • Yale: jyāng-láng-tsái-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianglangtsairjinn
    • Palladius: цзянланцайцзинь (czjanlancajczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ long⁴ coi⁴ zeon⁶
    • Yale: gōng lòhng chòih jeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ long⁴ tsoi⁴ dzoen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ long⁴ coi⁴ zên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sɵn²²/

Idiom

江郎才盡

1. (figurative) to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block