約瑟夫·斯大林

约 = 勺 + 纟 : Marilyn Monroe is on a date with a silk worm in front of the elevator. Marilyn wants to show the silk worm around, and so she carries him around on a little silver spoon.

约

約

yue̅

瑟

sè

Joseph (name)

瑟

sè = s + e4

a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings

瑟 = 必 + 玨 : Socrates (s) is playing a small standing harp (瑟) to charm Khubilai Khan (必) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He even put on a jewel necklace (玨) to be more charming.

约

約

yue̅

瑟

sè

夫

fu̅

Joseph (name)

夫

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

夫 = 二 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker

夫 = 二 + 人 : In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.

夫

fú = fu + Ø2

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

斯

si̅ = s + Ø1

Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]

斯 = 其 + 斤 : Mnemonic symbol: sphinx, from 斯芬克斯.

斯 = 其 + 斤 : In front of the space station, Socrates is in a peculiar situation. The sphinx, who is sitting on top of a watch tower, posed him a riddle and dares him to solve it. Should he fail he has to lift barbells for the rest of his life in the tower.

斯

si̅ = s + Ø1

(phonetic) / this

斯 = 其 + 斤 : Mnemonic symbol: sphinx, from 斯芬克斯.

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.