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奇 = 可 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: cappuccino (卡布奇诺, ka3 bu4 qi2 nuo4).

The Queen of Hearts (qi) discovered a really weird (奇) but wonderful (奇) feature of the robot (大) who's serving as a barista in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). If she feeds him a kebab (可) he'll vomit a cappuccino (奇) for free.

味 = 口 + 未 : Willy Walrus (w) is wondering about that strange smell (味) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). He can't quite place it. The smell is from Ai Weiwei's (未) new installation: A tower of mandarins (口).

秋 = 火 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: from 秋千 (qiu1 qian1), swing (seat hung from a frame or branch).

The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).

久 = ㇏ + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: an hourglass.

Joan of Arc (ji) has been waiting for ages (久) for the elephant (勹) to get up from the outhouse's living room (ou3) sofa. She point towards a huge expired hourglass (久) and pokes him with a finger (㇏) to make him finally get up.

黄 = 井 + 由 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse (hu) invited the Yellow Emperor (黄) to have a few cuba libres (由) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). But it's a trap! After the yellow emperor is drunk enough, Helga Horse spills eightballs (八) on the floor for the yellow emperor to trip on and fall into a well (井).

查 = 旦 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a detective. In the ashram's kitchen (a2), the detective (查) is investigating (查) a passed out Charlie Chaplin (ch) who's lying under a Christmas tree (木). Could it have something to do with the big empty mug (旦) which was formerly filled with glühwein?

全 = 人 + 王 : In the anthill's kitchen (an2), Neanderthal Man (人), Martin Luther King (王) and Cupid (qu) have gathered for a world record attempt. They want to eat a whole (全) 100 kg whole-wheat bread (mnemonic symbol for 全) in under one hour.

入 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an enter key like on a computer keyboard.

There is a special area in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) which is filled with bananas (丿), but you have to hit an enter key (入) to enter (入). Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) uses a finger (㇏) to press the button and get access to the bananas.