独
=
犭
+
虫
:
Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).
二
=
一
:
Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon
代
=
亻
+
弋
:
Rosa Luxemburg (亻) wants to practice her archery skills in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). On the other side Don Quixote (d) is standing, but they don't have an apple, so they substitute the apple with a token (代, 代币). Don Quixote is trembling heavily as Rosa lifts her bow (弋) and prepares to shoot down the token from Don's head.