Meaning of the Idiom
jiang lang cai jin（The well of inspiration has dried up.）
Jiang Yan lived during the Liang dynasty of the Northern and Southern Dynasties Period, in the area now known as Henan province.
Although he came from a poor family, he as extremely hard working, and so became a high-level civil official.
Jiang Yan was very talented in the area of literature. Both his poems and his essays were outstanding, and he was known by nearly all the scholars of his time.
Jiang Yan once had a dream that a man came to him and said, “My name is Guo Pu. One of my pens has been here with your for several years. Please give it back to me now.”
”In his pocket, Jiang Yan found a multi-colored pen, which he returned to Guo Po.
As Jiang Yan grew older, the poems and essays that he wrote were not as good as those he had written when he was younger.
Everyone said that when Jiang Yan gave away his multi-colored pen, he used up the last of his talent.
江郎才尽
jiāng láng cái jìn，原指江淹少有文名，晚年诗文无佳句；后常比喻才思减退。
出自南朝·梁·钟嵘《诗品·齐光禄江淹》。
例句
作家难免会有文思枯竭，江郎才尽的时候。
有些时候所以会感到江郎才尽，也许是因为我们对生命的热情消退了。
本来是一个有才华的青年，就这样被捧得晕头转向，最后弄得江郎才尽。
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Meaning of Words
| 词语 | 华文解释 | 英文解释 |
|---|---|---|
| 供奉 | 意思是供给；奉养。 例句：这里供奉着七尊塑像，正面当中是八仙之一的吕洞宾。 | consecrate |
| 器重 | 意思是因才能而看重；重视。 例句：就是因为你对科学的严谨态度，教授才这么器重你。 | esteem |
| 探究 | 意思是探索追究或研究。 例句：我想把原因探究出来。 | to investigate, to delve |
| 离奇 | 意思为奇异而不寻常。 例句：听着这个老人絮絮叨叨谈些离奇的传说，他也不由得紧张起来。 | strange |
| 光彩绚（xuàn）丽 | 意思是光彩耀眼。 例句：当仙度瑞拉走进王子的舞会，每个人都被她的光彩绚丽惊呆了。 | Luster gorgeous |
| 不由自主 | 意思是由不得自己，控制不住自己。 例句：被身边的人裹挟，小雨不由自主地就走进了会场。 | involuntarily |
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