to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
贴
=
占
+
贝
:
Mother Teresa (ti) wants to start a revolution and so she is pasting (贴) posters everywhere around the elevator. In front of it (e1) she is posting a poster with a crab (贝) holding a yellow umbrella (占), subversively telling the local crab population that they should rise up against their oppression.
tin (chemistry) / to bestow / to confer / to grant / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
锡
=
易
+
钅
:
Marie Curie (xi) wants to unpack her new puzzle (易) in front of the space station (Ø1). It should be very simple (易) to unpack because it is merely wrapped in tin foil (锡), but Marie just can't manage to unpack the puzzle. In the end she has to use a golden harpoon (钅) to tear the tin foil apart.