大兴安岭山脉

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

大

dà

兴

興

xi̅ng

Daxing district of Beijing, formerly Daxing county

大

dà

兴

興

xi̅ng

to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale

大

dà

兴

興

xi̅ng

to go in for something in a big way; to undertake on a large scale

兴

興

xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1

surname Xing

兴

興

xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

兴

興

xìng = xi + (e)ng4

feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.

兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.

兴

興

xi̅ng

安

a̅n

Xing'an county in Guilin 桂林[Gui4 lin2], Guangxi / Hinggan league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia / Xing'an district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang

安

a̅n = Ø + an1

surname An

安

a̅n = Ø + an1

(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])

安 = 女 + 宀 : Albert Einstein prepared an experiment: He invented a new sport and tries it out himself. Using a seat belt, he jumps off anthill's roof. To his surprise, he lands in a graduation cap that Bessie Coleman put there to capture him.

大

dà

兴

興

xi̅ng

安

a̅n

岭

嶺

lǐng

Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China / Daxing'anling prefecture

岭

líng = li + (e)ng2

used only in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]

岭

嶺

lǐng = li + (e)ng3

mountain range / mountain ridge

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

surname Shan

山

sha̅n = sh + an1

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.

山

sha̅n

脉

脈

mài

mountain range / CL:條|条[tiao2]

脉

䘑

mài = m + ai4

old variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

脉 = 月 + 永 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is getting married to the moon (月) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The moon puts a diamond ring (永) on Gandhi's finger which is so tight that Gandhi's arteries and veins (脉) are getting all bound off.

脉

脈

mài = m + ai4

arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)