Pun Design: Quails + 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’. …
Yang Shen (杨慎, 1488–1559), alias Sheng’an (升庵), is a literatus and poet in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). He recorded in Volume Ninety-Four of Sheng’an Additional Works a folklore anecdote: ‘In the northern dialect, there is no difference in sound between …
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Pun Design： Magpie + Prunus + On Top Punning Details： – ‘xi 喜’ in ‘xi que 喜鹊’ magpie has another meaning in Chinese which is ‘happiness’. – ‘mei 梅’ meaning ‘prunus’ is a pun in Chinese on ‘mei 眉’ for …
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