凝
=
冫
+
疑
:
Someone ate one of Nefertiti's (ni) popsicles (冫) and now she rounded up her suspects (疑) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To make things easier she congregated (凝) the suspects into a sticky mess using the rest of her popsicles.
炼
=
火
+
一
+
东
:
Li Qingzhao (li) is smelting (炼) the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to make a pendant out of it. She put the tower on a big fire (火) and blows air into the fire using a flute (一).