pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
垫
=
土
+
执
:
Dorothy Gale (di) built an air cushion (垫) vehicle out of dirt (土) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and happily rides it in circles, until a police officer appears and asks for her license (执).
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement
补
=
卜
+
衤
:
Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.