to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet
联
=
关
+
耳
:
Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body
络
=
各
+
纟
:
Lenny Lemur (lu) seeks to improve his WiFi (络) signal in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He uses a silk worm (纟) as antenna, but he still has only one star (各) reception.