May you enjoy imminent good fortune
大吉
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The Chinese name for rooster or chicken is ji 鸡, which is a pun on ji 吉 ‘good fortune’. ‘Da’ is the Chinese adjective for ‘big’ or ‘grand’. Hence, ‘da ji’ literally means ‘large rooster’ but puns on ‘great luck’.
Such theme can be used on many social occasions where people wish the receiver to enjoy imminent great fortune.
Related Pun Pictures:
Fig 1: famille rose porcelain dish, Yongzheng period (1723–35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Fig 2: cloisonné enamelled incense burner, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fig 3: Daji Tu 大吉图, ink and colour on paper, Yu Fei-An (于非闇 1889–1959), 1935, courtesy of Rong Bao Auction House, 2005