cháng

literary

Meaning of 枯肠

枯肠 means dried-up intestines; impoverished mind; mental block. Pronounced kū cháng.

  • dried-up intestines; impoverished mind; mental block

Definitions & Examples

míng
xiǎng
 
què
sōu
suǒ
cháng
 
réng
xiě
bu
chū
bàn
shī
lái
 

He racked his brains, but his mind was barren, and he couldn't even write half a line of poetry.

Miàn
lín
zhè
piān
lùn
wén
 
gǎn
jué
cháng
cái
jìn
 
háo
tóu
 

Facing this thesis, I felt my creativity was exhausted and I had no clue where to start.

Shī
rén
yǒu
shí
huì
bèi
cháng
suǒ
kùn
 
zhǎo
bu
dào
shì
de
 

Poets can also be trapped by a mental block and unable to find the right words.