Mandarinbanana

daring / bold / audacious

dǎn = d + an3

gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

胆 = 旦 + 月 : Don Quixote (d) suffers from a huge moon-shaped (月) gall stone (胆), so inside of the anthill (an3) he drinks medicine from a big mug (旦). His moon gall stone is so big, it has gall stones on its own and it is drinking medicine from a mug as well.

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

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.

弼

bì = bi + Ø4

to assist

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一 : A beautiful unicorn rides on top of Mahatma Gandhi in the ashram.

温

溫

we̅n = w + (e)n1

surname Wen

温 = 昷 + 氵 : After having fed the prisoner (昷) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), Willy Walrus (w) hands him a bottle of water (氵), but the prisoner complains that the water is warm (温).

温

溫

we̅n = w + (e)n1

warm / lukewarm / temperature / to warm up / mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / fever (TCM) / old variant of 瘟[wen1]

温 = 昷 + 氵 : After having fed the prisoner (昷) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), Willy Walrus (w) hands him a bottle of water (氵), but the prisoner complains that the water is warm (温).

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