Pun Design: Quail + Long-tailed Pheasant Punning Details: The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. The combination of the first and third words in ‘chang wei zhi 长尾雉’ for ‘long-tailed …
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Pun Design: long-tailed pheasant + quail Punning Details: The combination of the first and third words in ‘chang wei zhi 长尾雉’ for ‘long-tailed pheasant’ is ‘chang zhi’ and it puns on the phrase ‘chang zhi 长治’ for ‘long-term good …
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Pun Design: long-tailed pheasant + peony Punning Details: – The long-tailed pheasant has another name called ‘jin ji 锦鸡’ in Chinese, meaning a cockerel with a colourful tail. ‘Jin 锦’ in ‘jin ji 锦鸡’ makes a pun on the word …
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Pun Design ： magnolia + long-tailed pheasant Punning Details： – ‘yu 玉’ in ‘yu lan 玉兰 magnolia’ puns on ‘yu 玉’ in ‘yu tang 玉堂’ which means ‘jade hall’, ‘grand household’ or ‘the national academy’. – The long-tailed pheasant …