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The Chinese character ‘橘 ju’ for ‘tangerine’ puns on the Chinese word ‘吉 ji’ for ‘good luck’. A green tangerine can be described in Chinese as ‘青橘 qing ju’, which makes a pun on the phrase ‘青吉 qing ji’, meaning ‘good luck’. Combining an apple, whose Chinese name puns on ‘<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/lets-celebrate-universal-peace-and-prosperity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">peace</a>’, with a green tangerine would be able to represent pictorially an auspicious wish ‘May We enjoy Universal Peace and Good Fortune’.
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-we-enjoy-peace-good-fortune-and-prosperity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May we enjoy peace, good fortune, and prosperity 太平吉利</a>
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Narrative Story about Tangerine: 
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May we enjoy universal peace and good fortune

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The image of apples, in addition to cue a pun on the ideal of ‘<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/lets-celebrate-universal-peace-and-prosperity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">universal peace</a>’, may be combined with lychee or tangerine to form pictorial puns with added meaning.
The Chinese characters ‘荔 li’ in ‘荔枝 li zhi’ for ‘<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/motifs-symbols/lychee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lychee</a>’ puns on the word ‘利 li’ for ‘benefit’ or ‘profit’, while the character ‘橘 ju’ for ‘tangerine’ puns on ‘吉 ji’ for ‘good luck’. Therefore, a composition with apples, lychees, and tangerines in it may be used to convey an auspicious wish ‘May We Enjoy Peace, Good Fortune, and Prosperity’.
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-you-be-trouble-free-and-roll-in-wealth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May you be trouble-free and roll in wealth 平安多利</a>

May we enjoy peace, good fortune, and prosperity

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In Chinese pictorial art, the image of the fruit ‘apple’ can be used to denote the pun on ‘peace and order’. The Chinese word ‘ping 苹’ in ‘ping guo 苹果 for ‘apple’ is a pun on ‘ping 平’ for ‘peace’. ‘Da 大’ in ‘da ping guo 大苹果’ for ‘big apple’ is tantamount to ‘tai 太’ for ‘utmost’. Thus, the image of big apples may serve to cue a pun on the Chinese phrase ‘tai ping 太平’ for ‘peace and order’ and a large basket of big healthy apples may be used to represent a eulogy for an ideal society.
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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/may-we-enjoy-universal-peace-and-good-fortune/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May we enjoy universal peace and good fortune 太平青吉</a>

Let’s celebrate universal peace and prosperity!

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Pun Design: <a data-internal-link="true" href="https://tutuhaoyi.com/pun-pictures/lets-celebrate-universal-peace-and-prosperity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apples</a> + <a style="color: #3366ff;" 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/lychee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lychee</a>
Punning Details：
The Chinese character ‘ping 苹’ in ‘ping guo 苹果’ for ‘apple’ can make a pun on ‘ping 平’ for ‘peace’. The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ puns on ‘an 安’, another Chinese word for ‘peace’. The word ‘li 荔’ in ‘li zhi 荔枝’ for ‘lychee’ sounds the same as ‘li 利’ for ‘profit’. Thus, this seemingly random juxtaposition of lychee, quails, and apples was used by the prominent 20th-century Chinese painter Qi Baishi (齐白石, 1864-1957) to convey a good wish for the recipient of the painting to enjoy both wealth and peace.
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画面要素: 苹果 + 鹌鹑 + 荔枝
谐音详情: ‘苹果’ 中 ‘苹’ 的谐音 ‘平’, ‘鹌鹑’ 中 ‘鹌’ 与 ‘安’ 谐音, ‘荔枝’ 中 ‘荔’ 与 ‘利’ 谐音。
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May you be trouble-free and roll in wealth

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