Mandarinbanana

we / us / ourselves / our

wǒ = w + o3

I; me; my

我 = 戈 + 手 : I (我) find Willy Walrus (w) lying motionless in the observatory's living room (o3), and there's a dagger-axe (戈) sticking right in his chest. I (我) try to pull it out while wearing a baseball glove (手).

们

們

men = m + (e)n5

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

们 = 亻 + 门 : Rosa Luxemburg and Mahatma Gandhi are fighting on top of the Erechtheion. Rosa thinks it will be an easy win, but she didn't see the trap door in the floor yet.

来

來

lái = l + ai2

to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

來 = 从 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).

来 = 丷 + 未 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).

此

cǐ = c + Ø3

this / these

此 = 匕 + 止 : These boots are made for walking! The King of Chu cannot get his boots off in the space station. First he tries with the help of a large ladle, then he switches to a big barrier, which finally works.

此

cǐ = c + Ø3

this; these

摘

zha̅i = zh + ai1

to take / to borrow / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to select / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc)

摘 = 啇 + 扌 : James II of England (zh) is borrowing (摘) one of the trees in front of the airplane (ai1) by plucking out (摘) its stem (啇) with a toy claw (扌).

桃

táo = t + ao2

peach

桃 = 兆 + 木 : A few vultures (兆) cast an eye at Tecumseh's (t) Christmas tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To keep the vultures at bay Tecumseh throws peaches (桃) at them.

何

hé = h + e2

surname He

何

hé = h + e2

what / how / why / which / carry

何 = 亻 + 可 : Mnemonic symbol (from "carry"): baby sling

何 = 亻 + 可 : In the elevator's kitchen, Rosa Luxemburg picks up the crying baby Hamlet from his bed of nails, puts him in his baby sling and tries to calm him down.

用

yòng = yu + (e)ng4

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.

他

ta̅ = t + a1

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other

他 = 也 + 亻 : Tecumseh (t) was discovered when Rosa Luxemburg (亻) excavated (也) him (他) in front of the ashram (a1).

知

zhi̅

道

dào

to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5]

知

zhi̅

道

dào

to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5]

知

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

to know / to be aware

知 = 口 + 矢 : Mnemonic symbol: Francis Bacon is attributed to have stated "scientia potentia est", "knowledge is power". I'll thus represent 知 by Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon (知) and James II of England (zh) are playing darts (矢) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because they lack a dart board they just use a mandarin (口).

道

dào = d + ao4

road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

道 = 辶 + 首 : The chief and Don Quixote decided to follow the path of the Dao in the aorta's bathroom. They wear gladiator sandals and meditate sitting on the floor of the bathroom, envisioning the path to enlightment.

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