to soar / to gallop / to prance / to turn over / to vacate / to clear
腾
=
关
+
月
+
马
:
The moon (月) is tossing from side to side (折腾) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Tecumseh (t) is galloping (腾) by on a unicorn (马) trying to hit the moon's off-button (关).
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
格
=
各
+
木
:
Guy Fawkes (g) is decorating a Christmas tree (木) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2). He uses lots of stars (各) to frame (格) the tree and put it in a better light.
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里
=
土
+
田
:
Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
沙
=
少
+
氵
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).
漠
=
氵
+
莫
:
The desert (漠) is advancing into observatory's bathroom (o4), but Mozart (莫) and Mahatma Gandhi (m) are very unconcerned (漠) because they stockpiled a lot of water bottles (氵).