大街 dà jiē street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 街上 jiē shang on the street / in town 艺术家 藝術家 yì shù jiā artist / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 大道 dà dào main street / avenue syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 街头 街頭 jiē tóu street syn 街道 jiē dào street / CL:條|条[tiao2] / subdistrict / residential district syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) syn 艺人 藝人 yì rén performing artist / actor syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 转角 轉角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner syn 画布 畫布 huà bù canvas (artist's painting surface) 路灯 路燈 lù dēng street lamp / street light 化妆师 化妝師 huà zhuāng shī make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor / reputation manager 代表作 dài biǎo zuò representative work (of an author or artist) 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 轻轨 輕軌 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1]) 清道夫 qīng dào fū street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper syn 加盟 jiā méng (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 syn 市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn 班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist) 画室 畫室 huà shì artist's studio / atelier 全集 quán jí omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist) 步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street 骂街 罵街 mà jiē to shout abuses in the street syn 清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) syn 怪杰 怪傑 guài jié monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous) syn 摆摊 擺攤 bǎi tān to set up a vendor's stall in the street 真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) syn 巷战 巷戰 xiàng zhàn (military) street fighting / urban combat 临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street 街巷 jiē xiàng streets and alleys / street / alley syn 成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame 绝笔 絕筆 jué bǐ words written on one’s deathbed / an artist's final work / swansong syn 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) 夹道 夾道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street 街舞 jiē wǔ street dance (e.g. breakdance) 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street 南京路 nán jīng lù Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai 飙车 飆車 biāo chē street racing (motorbikes or cars) 坊间 坊間 fāng jiān street stalls / bookshops / in the streets 三里屯 sān lǐ tún Sanlitun (Beijing street name) 高程 gāo chéng altitude (e.g. above street level) / elevation syn 街头霸王 街頭霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series) 横街 橫街 héng jiē side street / road branching from the main street 三里河 sān lǐ hé Sanlihe (Beijing street name) 街 jiē street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 坊 fāng lane (usually as part of a street name) / memorial archway syn 陌 mò raised path / street syn 单行道 單行道 dān xíng dào one-way street 唐宁街 唐寧街 táng níng jiē Downing Street (London) 纪伯伦 jì bó lún Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist 路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 八角街 bā jiǎo jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1] 优伶 優伶 yōu líng (old) performing artist / actor / actress syn 八廓街 bā kuò jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet 辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji 开锣喝道 開鑼喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) 泼妇骂街 潑婦罵街 pō fù mà jiē shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife 班克西 bān kè xī Banksy (British street artist) 高街 gāo jiē high street (main street of a town or city) (loanword) 白冰冰 bái bīng bīng Pai Ping-ping (well-known Taiwan performing artist) 名手 míng shǒu master / famous artist or sportsman syn 涂家 塗家 tú jiā painter / artist 小畑·健 XiaotianJian OBATA Takeshi, manga artist, illustrator of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记 村上隆 cūn shàng lōng Murakami Takashi (1963-), Japanese artist 构想图 構想圖 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story) 王希孟 wáng xī mèng Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山 空中飞人 空中飛人 kōng zhōng fēi rén trapeze artist / frequent flyer 蔡国强 蔡國強 cài guó qiáng Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows 郎世宁 郎世寧 láng shì níng Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years 高橋留美子 gāo qiáo liú měi zǐ Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist 高桥留美子 高橋留美子 gāo qiáo liú měi zǐ Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist 小畑健 xiǎo tián jiàn OBATA Takeshi, manga artist, illustrator of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记[si3 wang2 bi3 ji4] 艾未未 ài wèi wèi Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism 关于艺术家地位的建议书 關於藝術家地位的建議書 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist 世界艺术家社会地位观察站 世界藝術家社會地位觀察站 World Observatory on the Social Status of the Artist 古斯塔夫・多雷 gǔ sī tǎ fū · duō léi Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor 查克・诺里斯 查克・諾里斯 chá kè · nuò lǐ sī Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor 行动艺术家 行動藝術家 xíng dòng yì shù jiā performance artist 串乡 串鄉 chuàn xiāng to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist) 古斯塔夫·多雷 gǔ sī tǎ fū · duō léi Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor 查克·诺里斯 查克·諾里斯 chá kè · nuò lǐ sī Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor PUA P U A (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") / pr. [pi1 wu1 ei1] PUA P-U-A (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") 从艺 從藝 cóng yì to work as an artist 美甲师 美甲師 měi jiǎ shī manicurist / nail artist 行为艺术家 行為藝術家 xíng wéi yì shù jiā performance artist 华尔街日报 華爾街日報 huá ěr jiē rì bào Wall Street Journal 穿马路 穿馬路 chuān mǎ lù to cross (a street) 街童 jiē tóng street 平安里 píng ān lǐ Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing) 唤头 喚頭 huàn tou percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention 