dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool
塘
=
土
+
唐
:
Tecumseh (t) wants to build a hot-water bathing pool (塘) just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He first builds the embankment (塘) using a lot of dirt (土), then he puts many Tang jackets (唐) over the embankment to give it a nice look.
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
退
=
艮
+
辶
:
Tommy Turtle (tu) recently retired (退) and retreated (退) into the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There he just wears gladiator sandals (辶), blows chewing gum bubbles (艮) and ponders the sense of life.
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
士
=
十
+
一
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is meeting the bachelor (士) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). Sherlock Holmes is playing a flute (一) for him, and the bachelor is wearing a huge cross (十) around his neck.