灰
=
𠂇
+
火
:
Helga Horse (hu) wants to cut out a piece of fire (火) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) using a pair of scissors (𠂇), but every time she cuts she just gets a little bit of gray ashes (灰).
蓝
=
艹
+
监
:
Lancelot (l) as been trapped in a cage (监) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) for quite some time now and all he gets to eat are blue-green (蓝) algae. Once the blue-green algae have been processed by his body, they change into artificial lawn (艹) which his captors remove from his cage to sell it.
蓝
=
艹
+
监
:
Lancelot (l) as been trapped in a cage (监) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) for quite some time now and all he gets to eat are blue-green (蓝) algae. Once the blue-green algae have been processed by his body, they change into artificial lawn (艹) which his captors remove from his cage to sell it.
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.