Pinyin final: "e1"

曰 = 囗 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a microphone.

Yu the Great (yu) is selling flutes (一) in front of the elevator (e1). He has a whole box (囗) of them, and he's advertising them by using a microphone (曰).

哥 = 可 : Did you know that Godzilla (哥斯拉 ge1 si1 la1, mnemonic symbol for 哥) was the elder brother (哥) of Guy Fawkes (g)? They used to share kebabs (可) regularly sitting in front of the elevator (e1).

呵 = 口 + 可 : Hamlet (h) started to train to sit on a bed of nails (可) in front of the elevator (e1). After every session he treats his skin with a mandarin (口) and expels (呵) "oh my goodness!" (呵)

棵 = 木 + 果 : In front of the elevator (e1), Karl Marx (k) is decorating 一棵 Christmas tree (木) with lots of fruits (果).

车 = 七 + 十 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).

切 = 七 + 刀 : The Queen of Hearts is ready to cut and slice anything and anybody: She's holding a seven-branched laser sword and a cleaver in her hands in front of the elevator.

乜 = ㇆ + 乚 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is tearing up the floor in front of the elevator (e1) with a shovel (乚) and a plow (㇆) so fast that she has to squint (乜) because of all the dust and debris flying into her face.

爹 = 多 + 父 : When the time came for Immanuel "Many" Kant (多) to die, father time (父) picked him up in front of the elevator (e1). Dorothy Gale (di) also came to say goodbye to her dad (爹).

割 = 害 + 刂 : Calamity Jane (害) wants to castrate (割) Guy Fawkes (刂) with a kitchen knife (刂) in front of the elevator (e1).

削 = 刂 + 肖 : Olymp's rulers decided that they want to reduce (削) their staff. In front of the elevator (e1) Xu Xian (xu) and the little prince (肖) have to fight with kitchen knifes (刂) to see who will be allowed to stay.

贴 = 占 + 贝 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to start a revolution and so she is pasting (贴) posters everywhere around the elevator. In front of it (e1) she is posting a poster with a crab (贝) holding a yellow umbrella (占), subversively telling the local crab population that they should rise up against their oppression.

颗 = 果 + 页 : Karl Marx (k) is eating grapes (果) in front of the elevator (e1). He doesn't care that there are kernels (颗) inside: He just spits them on a sheet of paper (页) to throw them away later.

帖 = 占 + 巾 : Mother Teresa (ti) is fitting her towel (巾) into her yellow umbrella (占) in front of the elevator (e1) and she finds that it fits snugly (帖).

些 = 二 + 此 : Marie Curie is too tired from climbing all the steps of the elevator, so in front of it, preparing for the descent, she couples a couple of capacitors to a couple of boots to automate them.

皆 = 比 + 白 : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to be known by everyone (皆). To make sure to reach her goal she wears a bikini (比) in front of the elevator (e1) and inspects herself in a hand mirror (白).

跌 = ⻊ + 失 : In front of the elevator (e1) Dorothy Gale (di) tumbles (跌) over a cowboy boot (⻊) and falls (跌) into a lost+found box (失).

胳 = 各 + 月 : The moon (月) got a star (各) stuck in his armpit (胳) and cannot get it out. In front of the elevator (e1) he asks Guy Fawkes (g) for help who is able to get the star out of the moon's armpit using his explosives.