Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
孔
=
乚
+
孑
:
Karl Koala (ku) created one 孔 cave dwelling by digging a hole (孔) into one of the engine's ((e)ng3) boulders using a shovel (乚). Unfortunately there are many mosquitoes (孑) and Karl tries to kill them using the shovel.
hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings
孔
=
乚
+
孑
:
Karl Koala (ku) created one 孔 cave dwelling by digging a hole (孔) into one of the engine's ((e)ng3) boulders using a shovel (乚). Unfortunately there are many mosquitoes (孑) and Karl tries to kill them using the shovel.
to melt / to thaw / to blend / to merge / to be in harmony
融
=
虫
+
鬲
:
Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) and the mosquito (虫) are joining forces to enter the financial market (融) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To foresee what they should invest in they are using an iron cauldron (鬲) to melt (融) lead and perform molybdomancy.
融
=
虫
+
鬲
:
Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) and the mosquito (虫) are joining forces to enter the financial market (融) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To foresee what they should invest in they are using an iron cauldron (鬲) to melt (融) lead and perform molybdomancy.
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
让
=
上
+
讠
:
Robinson Crusoe badly needs to use anglepod's bathroom, but currently it's under renovation. On the toilet seats there's a sign saying "上" and pointing to an advertising column, so Robinson thinks that they just want him to sit on top of the advertising column, and indeed there's a hole at the top of the column.
梨
=
利
+
木
:
Li Qingzhao (li) crashed the Arianne rocket (利) into the space station's entrance (Ø2) and thereby caused the Christmas tree (木) to fall over. It was decorated with lots of pears (梨) which will now go bad very soon because of the dents, so Li Qingzhao has to eat them all before they go bad.