莲
=
艹
+
连
:
Li Qingzhao (li) wants to add lotus (莲) to the anthill's menu, so she sets up a big water tank in the kitchen (an2). In the tank she fixes sheets of artificial lawn (艹) to the bottom of the tank using chains (连) to act as scaffold for the new lotus (莲) plants.
湖
=
氵
+
胡
:
Helga Horse (hu) is doing an experiment just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She lets the water out of a water bottle (氵) and it forms something like a ball very soon. Helga Horse then uses her Confucius beard (胡) to create a loop and let the water, through the surface tension, expand by stretching the loop. She wants to find out how far she can stretch to get a little lake (湖).