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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「江郎才掩」 and its usage.

The idiom 「江郎才掩」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

A metaphor for the decline of creativity. Same as “Jiang Yan’s talent is exhausted.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiāng láng cái yǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gong1 long4 choi4 yim2

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