|  |  | (of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | performing artist  / actor  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | (neologism c. 2019) to exert control over (sb) by means of psychological manipulation (e.g. negging)  / a person who does so (loanword from "pickup artist")  |  | 
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|  |  | representative work (of an author or artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | omnibus  / complete works (of a writer or artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century  |  | 
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|  |  | seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame  |  | 
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|  |  | master  / famous artist or sportsman  |  | 
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|  |  | Jet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director  |  | 
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|  |  | Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism  |  | 
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|  |  | make-up artist  / (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager  |  | 
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|  |  | monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)  |  | 
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|  |  | words written on one’s deathbed  / an artist's final work  / swansong  |  | 
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|  |  | to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | real (people)  / living (artist)  / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)  |  | 
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|  |  | (old) performing artist  / actor  / actress  |  | 
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|  |  | OBATA Takeshi, manga artist, illustrator of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记 |  | 
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|  |  | busker; street artist  |  | 
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|  |  | racketeers  / con artists  |  | 
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|  |  | to work as an artist  |  | 
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|  |  | Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist  |  | 
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|  |  | (of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc  |  | 
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|  |  | Banksy (British street artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)  |  | 
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|  |  | Banks (surname)  / Banksy (UK artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years  |  | 
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|  |  | trapeze artist  / frequent flyer  |  | 
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|  |  | Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山 |  | 
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|  |  | authentic (painting or calligraphy)  / genuine work (of famous artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist  |  | 
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|  |  | city precinct with a streetscape created by artists  |  | 
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|  |  | Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor  |  | 
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|  |  | manicurist; nail artist  |  | 
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|  |  | painter  / artist  |  | 
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|  |  | pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists  /  also used as a collective term for 評話|评话  (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞|弹词  (sung storytelling)  |  | 
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|  |  | Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows  |  | 
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|  |  | Pai Ping-ping (well-known Taiwan performing artist)  |  | 
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|  |  | Murakami Takashi (1963-), Japanese artist  |  | 
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|  |  | Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor  |  | 
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