枯燥無味

枯 = 古 + 木 : Karl Koala (ku) is exploring a cloister (古) which appeared in front of the space station (Ø1). In the cloister he finds a Christmas tree (木), but it is stone old (古) and already extremely dried up (枯).

燥 = 喿 + 火 : Zorro (z) suffers from constipation (燥) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), so he concocts a traditional Chinese medicine. He puts a cuckoo's clock (喿) in a desiccator (燥) and starts a fire (火) under it to dry (燥) the clock.

无 = 一 + 𠂇 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

无 = 一 + 𠂇 + 乚 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.

Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.

味 = 口 + 未 : Willy Walrus (w) is wondering about that strange smell (味) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). He can't quite place it. The smell is from Ai Weiwei's (未) new installation: A tower of mandarins (口).