to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise
崩
=
山
+
朋
:
Beelzebub (b) is wearing a huge pair of slippers (朋) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Suddenly someone sticks a fork (山) in them, and they explode. Beelzebub is so scared that he immediately collapses and demises (崩).
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
山
=
丨
+
凵
:
Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.
Pinocchio (p) wants to make friends (朋) with the moon (月) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To appear cuter, he put up a pair of slippers (朋) to his head which look like two big, cute ears.
蹦
=
⻊
+
崩
:
Beelzebub (b) is bungee-jumping (蹦) into a cowboy boot (⻊) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) but the bungee cord is too long, so Beelzebub collapses and demises (崩).