"starving artist" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 窮困的藝術家

Definition

「窮困的藝術家」是指因難以賣出作品而難以維生的藝術家。這個詞語常用於形容畫家、作家、音樂家等經濟困難的創作者。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

很口語化，常帶有幽默或自嘲的語氣，重點在於經濟拮据，不是真的餓肚子。常用於介紹某人是「窮困的藝術家」。只形容藝術或創意領域的人。

Examples

He is a starving artist trying to sell his paintings.

他是一位想賣畫的**窮困的藝術家**。

Many famous painters started as starving artists.

許多著名畫家最初也是**窮困的藝術家**。

She does not want to be a starving artist, so she has a second job.

她不想做個**窮困的藝術家**，所以有第二份工作。

I was living like a starving artist in New York, just scraping by.

我在紐約就像個**窮困的藝術家**，僅僅糊口。

Not every starving artist becomes famous later—sometimes it just stays tough.

不是每個**窮困的藝術家**最後都能成名—有時困難一直持續。

"You're a real starving artist," his friends joked when he said he lived on instant noodles.

「你真是個**窮困的藝術家**，」他說只靠泡麵過日子的時候，朋友們開玩笑說。