畢其功於一役

毕 = 十 + 比 : Mnemonic symbol: Picasso.

Picasso (毕) is just about to finish (毕) his latest piece of art. He painted Brunhilde (bi) riding a giant cross (十) wearing a bikini (比) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

毕 = 十 + 比 : Mnemonic symbol: Picasso.

Picasso (毕) is just about to finish (毕) his latest piece of art. He painted Brunhilde (bi) riding a giant cross (十) wearing a bikini (比) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

其 = 目 + 八 : Mnemonic symbol: the shape of 其 looks like a watchtower. The Queen of Hearts (qi) is on lookout on the watchtower (其) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). The Eye of Providence (目) helps her to look out for intruders. They also spread some eight balls (八) for possible intruders to trip on.

功 = 力 + 工 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) practices her Kung Fu skills (功) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a sparring robot made out of steel beams (工). The robot is programmed to fight Kung Fu (功), but Gitta Giraffe's Kung Fu is better: she hits the robots power button (力) and turns it off.

于 = 亅 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions (in, at, on, to, ...) are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great (于) was assigned to repair the electronics of the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but instead he was snacking honey from a honey jar (于). Unfortunately his capacitor (二) got stuck in the honey and now he has to use a crowbar (亅) to lever it out.

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

役 = 彳 + 殳 : Maud Younger (y) has been forced to manucfacture black sneakers (彳) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). When she started the forced labor (役) all she got as a tool was a halberd (殳).