Chinese Pinyin: Da Ji
Chinese: 大吉
Name Of Image: May you enjoy imminent good fortune
Description:
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’ and ‘da ji’ literally means ‘large rooster’ but puns on ‘great luck’. Thus, these paintings …