重现江湖

重 = 千 + 里 : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Chantal Chicken (chu) is working in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Her job is to crush sunflower (里) seeds with a 1 kg weight (千) to get the kernels. Then she has to put the kernels into the cabin of a space elevator (重) to send them to outer space. This repeats (重) again and again day in, day out.

重 = 千 + 里 : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.

现 = 王 + 见 : Martin Luther King has a project in which he wants to document the current state of the nation. He has a surveillance camera put up in the anthill's bathroom and interviews Marie Curie about her views about the present time.

江 = 工 + 氵 : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.

江 = 工 + 氵 : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.

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).