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Pun Design: <a style="color: #0000ff;" data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/quail/">Quails</a> + Cereal Plant
Punning Details：
The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. The word ‘he 禾’ for ‘cereal plant’ makes a pun on ‘he 和’ for ‘harmony’. Thus, the combination of quails and cereal plant can be used to convey the auspicious message of ‘May you enjoy peace and harmony’.
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画面要素: 鹌鹑 + 禾
谐音详情: 取 ‘鹌鹑’ 中 ‘鹌’ 与 ‘安’谐音、 ‘禾’ 与 ‘和’ 谐音, 意为: 平安和谐。
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Related Pun Picture:
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-enjoy-a-peaceful-life-year-after-year/">May you enjoy a peaceful life year after year</a> 岁岁平安

May you enjoy peace and harmony

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Pun Design: <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/quail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quails </a>+ <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/chrysanthemum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chrysanthemum</a>
Punning Details:
The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. The word ‘ju 菊’ in ‘ju hua 菊花’ for ‘chrysanthemum’ puns on the word ‘ju 居’ for ‘to live’. Thus, the composition forms a pictorial pun that conveys the auspicious message of ‘May you live in peace and leisure’.
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画面要素：鹌鹑 + 菊花
谐音详情：‘鹌鹑’ 中 ‘鹌’ 与 ‘安’ 谐音, ‘菊花’ 中 ‘菊’ 与 ‘居’ 谐音
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-enjoy-peace-and-happiness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you enjoy peace and happiness 安喜</a>
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-the-country-be-in-peace-and-order-forever/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May the country be in peace and order forever 久安长治</a>

May you live in peace and leisure

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Pun Design: <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/quail/">Quails </a>+ Magpies
Punning Details:
The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ puns on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’ or ‘secure’. The word ‘‘xi 喜’ in ‘xi que 喜鹊’ for ‘magpie’ can mean ‘joy’ or ‘happiness’. Thus, the combination of quails and magpies can be used to convey the auspicious message of ‘May you enjoy peace and happiness’.
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画面要素: 鹌鹑 + 喜鹊
谐音详情: 取‘鹌鹑’ 中 ‘鹌’ 与 ‘安’ 谐音和 ‘喜鹊’ 中的 ‘喜’ 字构成 ‘安喜’ 祝愿。
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-unexpected-good-luck-descend-on-you/">May unexpected good luck descend on you</a> 喜从天降
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May you enjoy peace and happiness

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‘Ji 鸡’ is a generic name for cockerel, hen, and chick, and sounds the same as ‘ji 吉’ for ‘good fortune’. Thus, a picture of many chickens is used to represent ‘abundant good fortune’.
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-enjoy-imminent-good-fortune/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you enjoy imminent good fortune</a> 大吉
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-everything-fare-fabulously-in-your-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May everything fare fabulously in your family</a> 室上大吉
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Related motif:
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/rooster/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rooster</a> 公鸡

May you be blessed by good luck in all you do

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Just like the English word ‘bat’ can mean ‘a kind of animal’ in one context and ‘a club for playing tennis’ in another, so can pictures of animals and flowers in a pictorial design called ‘pun rebus’ in Chinese art. For example, the Chinese name for <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/deer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deer</a> is lu 鹿, which is a pun on lu 禄 ‘emolument’ or ‘official income’. The design consists of, ideally, one hundred deer, and conveys the message ‘May you have an ample official income’! Not a bad idea as a present for a friend or relative who works in civil service.
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-have-an-imminent-promotion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you have an imminent promotion</a> 封侯
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-be-created-a-peer-and-earn-a-handsome-official-income/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you be created a peer and earn a handsome official income</a> 爵禄封侯

May you have an ample official income

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Pun Design:
Chinese bulbul + <a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/peony/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peony</a>
Punning Details：
&#8211; ‘bai tou 白头 white-headed’, of ‘bai tou weng 白头翁 Chinese bulbul’ (the white-headed-old-chap bird) can imply a ripe old age;
&#8211; ‘fu gui 富贵’ in ‘fu gui hua 富贵花 peony’ literally, the ‘flower of wealth and prestige’, which is a nickname of ‘mu dan 牡丹 peony’
Therefore, the motif combination of Chinese bulbul and peony expresses the good wish to the recipient to enjoy wealth and prestige to a ripe old age.
‘Bai Tou Fu Gui 白头富贵’ is interchangeable with ‘<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-enjoy-wealth-and-prestige-to-a-ripe-old-age-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fu Gui Bai Tou 富贵白头</a>’.
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画面要素: 白头翁 + 牡丹
谐音详情: 取‘白头翁’中‘白头’, 意为‘年长, 长寿’; 牡丹别名‘富贵花’, 取‘富贵花’中‘富贵’二字
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<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/figures-stories/may-the-length-of-your-life-be-eternally-prolonged/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May the length of your life be eternally prolonged</a> 海屋添筹
<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-do-well-in-exams-and-enjoy-wealth-and-prestige/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you do well in exams and enjoy wealth and prestige</a> 功名富贵
Further Reading:
<a href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/blogs/interesting-findings/appreciation-of-a-top-tier-qianlong-falangcai-vase-with-red-whiskered-bulbul-decoration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Appreciation of a top-tier Qianlong falangcai vase with red-whiskered bulbul decoration</a>

May you enjoy wealth and prestige to a ripe old age

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Pun Design:
Chinese bulbul + Two
Punning Details:
A pair of Chinese bulbuls in image imply the couple or the marriage;
‘bai tou 白头 white-headed’, of ‘bai tou weng 白头翁 Chinese bulbul’ (the white-headed-old-chap bird) can imply a ripe old age.
Therefore, the whole image expresses the good wish for the couple to be in a happy and harmonious relationship to a ripe old age.

May you both live together to a ripe old age in married bliss

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Pun Design:
Carrying on the Back + Monkey
Punning Details:
&#8211; ‘bei 背’ for ‘carrying on the back’ makes a pun on ‘bei 辈’ for ‘generation’
&#8211; ‘hou 猴’ from ‘hou zi 猴子’ for ‘monkey’ puns on ‘hou 侯’ for ‘marquis’
Therefore, the image of a monkey on the back of another monkey is used to express a good wish that the receiver’s family members are bestowed titles of marquis generation after generation.
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画面要素: 背 + 猴
谐音详情: 动作‘背’与‘辈’谐音，意为：世世代代；‘猴’与‘侯’谐音，是帝国时代爵位体系中的第二等爵位
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-be-bestowed-the-title-of-a-marquis-presently/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you be bestowed the title of a marquis presently</a> 马上封侯
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-promotion-be-yours-may-you-advance-in-official-rank/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May promotion be yours; May you advance in official rank</a> 加官晋爵

May each generation of your family be made life peers

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Pun Design ：
Writing brush + Ingot + <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/figures-stories/god-of-literature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kui Xing</a>
Punning Details：
-Writing brush 笔 bi is a pun on 必 bi meaning ‘certainly’ or ‘necessarily’;
-Ingot 锭ding is homophonous with 定 ding meaning ‘surely’ or ‘inevitably’;
&#8211; ‘kui’ refers to Kui Xing 魁星 who is believed to be the God of Literature. Kui Xing has been legendary for writing the names for the first successful candidates in the imperial examinations since the Song dynasty.
Therefore, the image of the God of Literature holding a writing brush in one hand and a gold or silver ingot in the other conveys a good wish for the examination sitters to be successful and achieving top marks.
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Related Symbol:
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/may-you-be-the-only-one-who-can-stand-on-the-head-of-a-dragon-carp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you be the only one who can stand on the head of a dragon-carp</a> 独占鳌头
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Related Figural Scene:
<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/figures-stories/when-the-god-of-literature-kicks-an-ink-vessel-you-are-blessed-to-be-the-only-one-who-can-stand-on-the-head-of-a-dragon-carp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When the God of Literature kicks an ink vessel, you are blessed to be the only one who can stand on the head of a dragon-carp.</a> 魁星踢斗,  独占鳌头

You will certainly come out first in the imperial examinations

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‘Bing di 并蒂’ from ‘bing di lian 并蒂莲’ (twin-headed <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/lotus-lian-hua/">lotus flower</a>) contributes to the meaning of &#8216;a loving relationship&#8217;.  ‘Gui 鳜’ from ‘gui yu 鳜鱼’(mandarin fish) is a pun on ‘gui 贵’ prestige.
Hence this image is intended to wish a couple a harmonious life and much enjoyed prestige.
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-rank-among-the-three-top-civil-servants/">May you rank among the three top civil servants 位列三公</a>
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