觸鬥蠻爭

触 = 虫 + 角 : Chantal Chicken (chu) found a way to listen to a mosquito (虫) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4): The mosquito is speaking into the small hole of a horn (角), and Chantal holds her ear to the wide end of the horn. In this way she can listen to the very touching (触) stories of the mosquito. After the mosquito finished Chantal wants to touch it (触) and pat it on the shoulder, but she accidentally smashes the mosquito.

斗 = ⺀ + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 (dou4 niu2 shi4) is a matador, who will represent 斗 when used as component.

The matador (斗) and Don Quixote (d) are fighting (斗) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) about who may use the bathroom next. The matador yields a holy cross (十) as a weapon, while Don Quixote (d) wisely chose a blossom (⺀) to cushion the crosses' blows.

蛮 = 亦 + 虫 : The also-ran (亦) arrived very exhausted at the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she accidentally steps on a mosquito (虫). Mahatma Gandhi (m) sees the incident and calls the also-ran a barbarian (蛮).

争 = ⺈ + 肀 : Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).