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(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
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performing artist / actor
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artist / CL: 個|个, ,
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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")
representative work (of an author or artist)
omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist)
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame
master / famous artist or sportsman
Jet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
artist's studio / atelier
Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism
make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)
canvas (artist's painting surface)
words written on one’s deathbed / an artist's final work / swansong
to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)
real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
(old) performing artist / actor / actress
OBATA Takeshi, manga artist, illustrator of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记
busker; street artist
performance artist
racketeers / con artists
to work as an artist
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist
(of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc
Banksy (British street artist)
notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist)
Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years
trapeze artist / frequent flyer
Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山
authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist
city precinct with a streetscape created by artists
Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor
performance artist
manicurist; nail artist
painter / artist
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)
Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows
Pai Ping-ping (well-known Taiwan performing artist)
Murakami Takashi (1963-), Japanese artist
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor


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