反右派斗争

反 = ⺁ + 又 : A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).

右 = 𠂇 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a nazi.

A nazi wants to eat a mandarin in the outhouse's bathroom, but Maud Younger cuts it right in the middle with a pair of scissors.

派 = 氵 + ⺁ + 𧘇 : The king is very proud of the banana tree in his airplane's bathroom. He regularly dispatches Pinocchio to make sure the banana tree gets enough water by having Pinocchio water it with extremely expensive bottled water. Each time Pinocchio waters the tree he has to use a step ladder to reach high enough.

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.

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).