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 sth)
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): ㄐㄧㄤㄌㄤˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ long⁴ coi⁴ zeon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānglángcáijìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄌㄤˊ 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): /t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 t͡ʃɵn²²/

Idiom

江郎才盡

(figuratively) to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block

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