white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
白
=
丶
+
日
:
Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).
胡
=
古
+
月
:
Helga Horse (hu) visits the old and wise moon (月) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She wants to join his cloister (古), but the moon rejects and says that first she has to get a very long Confucius style mustache (胡) such as his own.
椒
=
叔
+
木
:
Joan of Arc (ji) and Arthur Schopenhauer (叔) are absolutely out of food. In front of the aorta (ao1) they have no better option than to eat a Christmas tree (木). At least they have some pepper (椒) left to add some flavor to it.