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西 = 兀 + 囗 : Xi Shi (xi) has gone crazy from the loneliness in space. In front of the space station, she sits inside of a large wooden box, wearing a cowboy hat and playing a 胡兀尔 fiddle, thinking that she's participating in a square dance in the wild west.

晰 = 日 + 析 : Xi Shi (xi) wants to get a better understanding (晰) of the sun (日), so in front of the space station (Ø1) Xi Shi investigates the sun's solar storms using a mass spectrometer (析).

溪 = 奚 + 氵 : Xi Shi (xi) finds out that what used to be a big river floating in front of the space station (Ø1) is now just a rivulet (溪). She instantly grabs as many bottles of water (氵) as she can to replenish the river and calls 911 for help, but first has to answer the "w"-questions what? / where? / why? (奚).

惜 = 忄 + 昔 : NASA ordered Xi Shi (xi) to do an experiment for them in front of the space station (Ø1). They are spending 2000000000 bucks to see what happens when you crush a milk shake (昔) with a flail (忄) in outer space. Xi Shi thinks it is a pity (惜) and would rather drink her cherished (惜) milk shake rather than crush it.

悉 = 心 + 釆 : Xi Shi (xi) noticed that her heart (心) is not working very well in front of the space station (Ø1). It is probably just the lack of any atmosphere and freezing temperature; but in all cases (悉) she wants to know (悉) what is going on and takes a few samples with her sampling tool (釆).

希 = 乂 + 布 : Mnemonic symbol: John Hope (the educator). In front of the space station, John Hope blindfolded Xi Shi. He wants to teach her to follow him, gripping his pliers. Xi Shi hopes that he will lead her back to the space station as soon as possible.

幸 = 土 + 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Xi Shi (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Xi Shi opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Xi Shi then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

刑 = 刂 + 开 : A device with a knife and a bottle opener is a Swiss pocket knife. Xi Shi is awaiting punishment for smuggling a Swiss pocket knife past the engine's kitchen. The punishment is that her Swiss pocket knife will be taken away.

性 = 忄 + 生 : Xi Shi had a strong character since she was little. Even in her cradle in the engine's bathroom she was only playing with a flail.

幸 = 土 + 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Xi Shi (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Xi Shi opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Xi Shi then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

幸 = 土 + 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.

Xi Shi (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Xi Shi opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Xi Shi then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).

姓 = 女 + 生 : Xi Shi (xi) finds baby Bessie (女) lying in a cradle (生) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Xi Shi decides to give Bessie the surname (姓) "Coleman" because she thinks it will fit very well.

醒 = 星 + 酉 : A rooster (酉) is waking up (醒) Xi Shi (xi) in the engine ((e)ng3) just as the sun rises. Xi Shi is very upset and throws a satellite (星) at the rooster to make him stop.

刑 = 刂 + 开 : A device with a knife and a bottle opener is a Swiss pocket knife. Xi Shi is awaiting punishment for smuggling a Swiss pocket knife past the engine's kitchen. The punishment is that her Swiss pocket knife will be taken away.

项 = 工 + 页 : Mnemonic symbol: a necklace (项). Xi Shi (xi) lost her necklace in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and tries to get it out of the toilet again. Xi Shi jotted down some calculations (项) on a sheet of paper (页) and uses a steel beam (工) as a lever to get his necklace out by putting the lever at the exact right position and the sheet of paper on top of the other side of the lever.

型 = 刑 + 土 : Xi Shi (xi) is carving a mould (型) out of a lump of earth (土) using a pocket knife (刑) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She wants to use it to model (型) the stones in the engine.

形 = 开 + 彡 : Xi Shi (xi) is modding her fake Santa Clause beard (彡) into a new shape (形). With a bottle opener (开) she carves the beard in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) so that it gets a fractal (形) shape (形).

向 = 丿 + 冋 : In anglepod's bathroom, Xi Shi is being held up at the border control post because she tried to smuggle a sky fruit in a banana.

腥 = 星 + 月 : Xi Shi (xi) finds that the moon (月) crashed on the earth in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She investigates the case and concludes that the moon was hit and killed by a satellite (星) which is still stuck into its head. The moon is reeking with blood (腥) where the satellite hit it. Because it has been dead for a while it stinks quite fishy (腥).

猩 = 星 + 犭 : Xi Shi (xi) landed with her satellite (星) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). As she exits her satellite she meets a gorilla (猩) riding on a dachshund (犭) and exclaims: "They blew it up! God, damn you! Damn you all to hell!!!"

象 = ⺈ + 口 + 豕 : Xi Shi sees the crane and the swine fight about a single mandarin in the anglepod's bathroom. To smooth down the differences, with a locomotive she drives a whole container of mandarins in the bathroom.

详 = 羊 + 讠 : The sheep (羊) is reading the newest gossip written on an advertising column (讠) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). The gossip is about the private life of Xi Shi (xi), which it reports very detailed (详).

向 = 丿 + 冋 : In anglepod's bathroom, Xi Shi is being held up at the border control post because she tried to smuggle a sky fruit in a banana.

向 = 丿 + 冋 : In anglepod's bathroom, Xi Shi is being held up at the border control post because she tried to smuggle a sky fruit in a banana.

像 = 亻 + 象 : In anglepod's bathroom, Xi Shi and Rosa Luxemburg find a most delighting Elephant locomotive. They are so excited that they spontaneously start playing locomotive themselves, with Rosa grapping Xi Shi's shoulders, and Xi Shi exclaiming "choo choo" while pretending to pull a string, resembling the Elephant.

项 = 工 + 页 : Mnemonic symbol: a necklace (项). Xi Shi (xi) lost her necklace in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and tries to get it out of the toilet again. Xi Shi jotted down some calculations (项) on a sheet of paper (页) and uses a steel beam (工) as a lever to get her necklace out by putting the lever at the exact right position and the sheet of paper on top of the other side of the lever.

橡 = 木 + 象 : Xi Shi wants to plant some oaks (橡) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), so she had the KFNB Elephant (象) transport young oaks to the bathroom. In exchange she provides the train with a lot of Christmas trees (木) to be used as fuel for the steam engine.

享 = 亠 + 口 + 子 : Xi Shi enjoys a drink inside of Angkor War. The drink contains eggs and mandarins, and instead of a little umbrella it has a little beret.

巷 = 共 + 巳 : Xi Shi unsuspectingly turns into a small alley (巷) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) when she is surprised by a communist (共) sitting on a snake (巳).

响 = 口 + 向 : Inside of the anglepod (ang3), Xi Shi (xi) makes loud noises (响) clashing together a mandarin (口) and a sky fruit (向).

翔 = 羊 + 羽 : Xi Shi (xi) conducts an experiment in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). She attached a lot of feathers (羽) to a sheep (羊), and indeed, as she throws the terrified sheep into the air, it starts to soar (翔) through the air like a bird.

祥 = 礻 + 羊 : When Xi Shi was still in school she once visited the anglepod. In the kitchen (ang2) she met with a sheep (羊) wearing a monk's cowl (礻) which promised her a very auspicious (祥) future.

襄 = 衣 + 口 + 井 + 一 : Xi Shi (xi) is cooperating with a lot of people (襄) in a communal effort (襄) to dig a well (井) in front of the anglepod (ang1). The summer is very hot, so everyone is wearing kilts (衣). They dig the well using flutes (一) and they hope that they will unearth lots of mandarins (口) to create a mandarin well.

乡 = 幺 + 丿 : Xi Shi's tractor got stuck in a pile of bananas in front of the anglepod, with the wheels spinning helplessly. Her last hope is that she'll be able to free the tractor by pushing aces under the wheels, so that she can bring the tractor back to her hometown.

厢 = 厂 + 相 : Xi Shi (xi) set up a theater box (厢) at the exterior wall of the anglepod (ang1) and installed her chocolate factory (厂) there. She throws down chocolate to the crowd and an ent (相) catches it all.

镶 = 襄 + 钅 : Xi Shi (xi) is getting help (襄) from her fellows inlaying (镶) a false tooth into her golden harpoon (钅) in front of the anglepod (ang1).

襄 = 衣 + 口 + 井 + 一 : Xi Shi (xi) is cooperating with a lot of people (襄) in a communal effort (襄) to dig a well (井) in front of the anglepod (ang1). The summer is very hot, so everyone is wearing kilts (衣). They dig the well using flutes (一) and they hope that they will unearth lots of mandarins (口) to create a mandarin well.

衅 = 半 + 血 : Xi Shi (xi) and King Solomon (半) both need a blood transfusion (血) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) badly and they have a big fight (衅) about it. Even King Solomon's suggestion to just cut the bag in half (半) doesn't calm down Xi Shi.

箱 = ⺮ + 相 : Mnemonic symbol: suitcase.

Xi Shi (xi) and an ent (相) are carrying a very heavy suitcase (箱) in front of the anglepod (ang1) by shouldering a bamboo stick (⺮) with which they lift the suitcase.

廂 = 广 + 相 : Xi Shi attached a theatre box to the outside of the anglepod. For the trill of it, she's going to sky-dive jumping off of it, and down below, an ent will catch her.

辛 = 十 + 立 : Xi Shi (xi) is preparing for the winter by making kimchi (辛) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She is drying the vegetables by hanging them on crosses (十) and puts the finished kimchi into vases (立). She has been working very hard (辛) and in the end the filled eight (辛) vases with pungent hot (辛) kimchi.

信 = 亻 + 言 : Xi Shi and Rosa Luxemburg are reading a letter of Karl Marx to the public in the encampment's bathroom. To make the message really come across to the people they use a megaphone.

薪 = 艹 + 新 : Xi Shi (xi) received her salary (薪) in front of the encampment ((e)n1) which consists of a set of completely new (新) sheets of artificial lawn (艹). Unfortunately they catch fire and prove to be the ideal fuel (薪) for a quickly burning fire: the artificial lawn is burning down within seconds.

辛 = 十 + 立 : Xi Shi (xi) is preparing for the winter by making kimchi (辛) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She is drying the vegetables by hanging them on crosses (十) and puts the finished kimchi into vases (立). She has been working very hard (辛) and in the end the filled eight (辛) vases with pungent hot (辛) kimchi.

欣 = 斤 + 欠 : It's Xi Shi's (xi) birthday and someone sings her happy (欣) birthday in front of the encampment ((e)n1). The person gives Xi Shi a barbell (斤) as her birthday present, which makes Xi Shi very happy (欣). The person attached an IOU note (欠) to the barbell though; Xi Shi will have to pay for the barbell eventually.

陷 = 臽 + 阝 : After Xi Shi caught the crane in the anthill's bathroom (an4) she wants to catch the pope (阝) next. She knows that a normal sling trap (臽) will not work, so she digs a pitfall (陷) this time, but to be on the safe side she installs an additional sling trap (臽) at the bottom of the pitfall (陷).

县 = 且 + 厶 : Xi Shi (xi) and the county manager of her home county are manufacturing maps of her home county (县) inside of the anthill's bathroom (an4). The county has a very special form which you can reproduce by smashing a fake nose (厶) with a shelf (且).

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 Xi Shi about her views about the present time.

馅 = 臽 + 饣 : Xi Shi (xi) set up a sling trap (臽) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and uses a Chinese cruller (饣) as bait. She'll mince (馅) whatever she catches and use as stuffing (馅) for her dumplings.

限 = 艮 + 阝 : Xi Shi (xi) caught the pope (阝) munching chewing gum (艮) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Xi Shi hates it when someone puts their chewing gum just anywhere in the room, so she marks a confined space with red and white tape and sends the pope to stay within the limits (限) while he is chewing.

苋 = 艹 + 见 : Xi Shi steals some amaranth (苋) plants from the anthill's bathroom (an4) and replaces them with artificial lawn (艹) to hide the crime. She doesn't know that there are security cameras (见) though.

线 = 戋 + 纟 : The silk worm wants to use the floating tank in the anthill's bathroom, but there's already Xi Shi inside—and she secured the tank by setting up barbed wire all around it.

羡 = 次 + 羊 : Xi Shi (xi) envies (羡) the sheep (羊) for that nice cube (次) it has in the anthill's bathroom (an4).

线 = 戋 + 纟 : The silk worm wants to use the floating tank in the anthill's bathroom, but there's already Xi Shi inside—and she secured the tank by setting up barbed wire all around it.

献 = 南 + 犬 : The Saint Bernard dog (犬) is out of blood to bring to severe emergency spots, so Xi Shi (xi) volunteered to donate (献) blood in the anthill's bathroom (an4). To make her feel comfortable, the Saint Bernard dog set up a palm (南) from the south pacific.

臽 = ⺈ + 臼 : Xi Shi wants to catch the crane (⺈) and set up a trap (臽) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She prepares a sling trap (臽) and places a mortar (臼) with some food in the middle of the sling, and soon she will catch the crane.

闲 = 木 + 门 : In her free time (闲) Xi Shi (xi) likes to sit in the anthill's kitchen (an2) to watch her trap door (门). She installed it right under a Christmas tree (木) so whenever someone puts a present under the Christmas tree, shortly afterwards it will fall through the trap door in Xi Shi's secret chamber.

宪 = 先 + 宀 : Xi Shi (xi) wants to commemorate the FLOTUS (先) and sets up a statue (宪) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). The statue is wearing a graduation cap (宀) and holding the constitution (宪) as if it were reading it to the people.

显 = 业 + 日 : Xi Shi (xi) is dating the bullfrog (业) in the anthill (an3). There is a prominent (显) sun (日) floating over the bullfrog which Xi Shi just cannot ignore, so she has to stare at the sun barely able to say anything for the whole evening.

险 = 佥 + 阝 : Inside of the anthill, Xi Shi, the Pope and General Fu Qian are musing about the greatest danger to the modern world. The Pope thinks that the greatest danger to the modern world is science, e.g. the development of nuclear weapons, GMOs and the like. Xi Shi thinks that the greatest threat to the modern world is religion, e.g. the formation of organizations like IS as well as conservative thinking of moderate religion. Fu Qian says that the greatest threat to the modern world are people who drink to much and say or do stupid things.

衔 = 行 + 钅 : When Xi Shi goes to war she always puts on her seven-league boots (行) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), puts her golden harpoon (钅) into her mouth like the bit of a bridle (衔) and gets going. For being so fast at the battle field she has been awarded a very high rank (衔) and a special title (衔).

咸 = 𠮛 + 戊 : Xi Shi decided to go into retreat in the anthill's kitchen, so she blocked the entrance from the inside with her fifth wheel RV. She spent a lot of time on refining a new recipe for radioactive salt, which she finally writes down on a long scroll.

闲 = 木 + 门 : In her free time (闲) Xi Shi (xi) likes to sit in the anthill's kitchen (an2) to watch her trap door (门). She installed it right under a Christmas tree (木) so whenever someone puts a present under the Christmas tree, shortly afterwards it will fall through the trap door in Xi Shi's secret chamber.

弦 = 弓 + 玄 : Xi Shi (xi) is getting trapped by black lava (玄) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) and all she has is a composite bow (弓). She plucks the string (弦) of her bow so that the chord (弦) resonates with the lava, causing it to stop its flow.

贤 = 肾 + 贝 : Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Xi Shi (xi) is listening to a broadcast in the radio (肾) about how awesome and honorific (贤) crabs (贝) are. A crab is standing nearby and is very proud to be admired by Xi Shi.

鲜 = 羊 + 鱼 : Xi Shi devours her lunch in front of the anthill (an1). It consists of a dead sheep (羊) and a dead fish (鱼). Xi Shi eats the carcasses and thinks that they are very fresh (鲜) and delicious (鲜). They are, because Xi Shi killed the sheep and the fish just one minute ago.

嫌 = 兼 + 女 : Xi Shi (xi) wants to find out who ate her cookies in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She rounds up Bessie Coleman (女) as her suspect (嫌). Bessie hopes to confuse Xi Shi by hiring a double (兼) which stands next to her as the mug shots are taken.

掀 = 扌 + 欣 : Xi Shi (xi) is looking for her keys in front of the anthill (an1) and leaves no stone unturned (掀). She is very happy (欣) to find a toy claw (扌): now she doesn't have to bend down anymore to lift (掀) a rock.

鲜 = 羊 + 鱼 : Xi Shi (xi) devours her lunch in front of the anthill (an1). It consists of a dead sheep (羊) and a dead fish (鱼). Xi Shi eats the carcasses and thinks that they are very fresh (鲜) and delicious (鲜). They are, because Xi Shi killed the sheep and the fish just one minute ago.

秀 = 乃 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: a talent show.

Xi Shi (xi) is preparing for her performance (秀) in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She will be juggling lots of bowls of cereals (禾) without spilling the cereals. Her secret is that she convinced a poltergeist (乃) to help her, which will make itself invisible during the show and handle the cereals for her.

袖 = 由 + 衤 : Xi Shi (xi) is on a party in the outhouse. In the bathroom (ou4) she prepares to continue to party by tucking a cuba libre (由) into the sleeve (袖) of her royal ermine coat (衤).

纤 = 千 + 纟 : Xi Shi (xi) finds that there are many fine (纤) silk worms (纟) in front of the anthill (a1). She wants to preserve the delicate (纤) worms and thus puts a kilo (千) on them to press and dry them.

先 = ⺧ + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.

In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Xi Shi dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.

仙 = 亻 + 山 : Rosa Luxemburg and Xi Shi are merging their entities into a new superentity in front of the anthill. They are using forks to form the connection.

仙 = 亻 + 山 : Rosa Luxemburg and Xi Shi are merging their entities into a new superentity in front of the anthill. They are using forks to form the connection.

绣 = 秀 + 纟 : Xi Shi (xi) is preparing for an embroidery (绣) talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She prepares by hiding a silk worm (纟) in her sleeve which will secretly do all the embroidering for her.

笑 = ⺮ + 夭 : In the aorta's bathroom, Xi Shi tells Snow White a story how she once hoaxed the whole university into believing that her simple bamboo stick can be used as fuel assembly in a nuclear reactor. She can't stop laughing while she tells her story.

锈 = 钅 + 秀 : Xi Shi (xi) is demonstrating in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) how she can magically remove the rust (锈) from a golden harpoon (钅) by dipping it in the toilet. Her secret is that she poured the right chemicals in the toilet earlier.

朽 = 丂 + 木 : Xi Shi visits the outhouse (ou3) in late summer and finds an old rotten (朽) Christmas tree (木). In fact the tree is so rotten that she can't endure the smell and has to put on a breathing mask (丂).

绣 = 秀 + 纟 : Xi Shi (xi) is preparing for an embroidery (绣) talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She prepares by hiding a silk worm (纟) in her sleeve which will secretly do all the embroidering for her.

修 = 彡 + 攸 : In front of the outhouse Xi Shi tries to repair her binoculars. She's been working on it for such a long time that she already grew a long Santa Claus beard.

嗅 = 口 + 臭 : Xi Shi (xi) is sniffing (嗅) at an old mandarin (口) she found in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and finds it stinks (臭) terribly.

修 = 彡 + 攸 : In front of the outhouse Xi Shi tries to repair her binoculars. She's been working on it for such a long time that she already grew a long Santa Claus beard.

肖 = ⺌ + 月 : The aloe vera on the moon resembles the rose on the little prince's planet. Thus I'll represent this character by the little prince.

In the aorta's bathroom, the little prince misses his asteroid and his rose so much. To comfort him, Xi Shi gives him a moon and an aloe vera to remind him of home.

效 = 交 + 攵 : Xi Shi (xi) and Linus Pauling (交) are testing their new special effects (效) equipment in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Xi Shi creates lots of fog by crushing a rock with a sledgehammer (攵), and Linus creates lots of sparks by crushing a flint stone with a sledgehammer.

羞 = 丑 + 羊 : Xi Shi arranged a blind date for two friends in front of the outhouse (ou1). The two friends are an ox (丑) and a sheep (羊). As they see each other for the first time, both are very shy (羞).

效 = 交 + 攵 : Xi Shi (xi) and Linus Pauling (交) are testing their new special effects (效) equipment in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Xi Shi creates lots of fog by crushing a rock with a sledgehammer (攵), and Linus creates lots of sparks by crushing a flint stone with a sledgehammer.

笑 = ⺮ + 夭 : In the aorta's bathroom, Xi Shi tells Snow White a story how she once hoaxed the whole university into believing that her simple bamboo stick can be used as fuel assembly in a nuclear reactor. She can't stop laughing while she tells her story.

效 = 交 + 攵 : Xi Shi (xi) and Linus Pauling (交) are testing their new special effects (效) equipment in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Xi Shi creates lots of fog by crushing a rock with a sledgehammer (攵), and Linus creates lots of sparks by crushing a flint stone with a sledgehammer.

效 = 交 + 攵 : Xi Shi (xi) and Linus Pauling (交) are testing their new special effects (效) equipment in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Xi Shi creates lots of fog by crushing a rock with a sledgehammer (攵), and Linus creates lots of sparks by crushing a flint stone with a sledgehammer.

啸 = 口 + 肃 : Xi Shi (xi) found a mandarin (口) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), but she doesn't know if there are any critters inside. To purge (肃) the mandarin she whistles (啸) very loudly to drive away any critters inside the mandarin.

销 = 肖 + 钅 : Xi Shi (xi) ordered a lot of bolts (销) from the Little Prince (肖), but she wants to cancel (销) the contract. As she meets the Little Prince in front of the aorta (ao1) she notices his big golden harpoon (钅) and rethinks her decision.

泄 = 世 + 氵 : Xi Shi (xi) is putting up a poster by the WHO (世) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). It is alerting everyone that when filling your water bottle (氵) from the tap not a single drop is allowed to leak (泄) through the closed bottle.

晓 = 尧 + 日 : At dawn (晓), Xi Shi (xi) and the sun (日) meet Tang Yao (尧) in the aorta (ao3). They let him know (晓) that they have been a couple for a long time and plan to marry, but Tang Yao explains that he already knows (晓).

淆 = 氵 + 肴 : Just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) Xi Shi (xi) accidentally emptied a bottle of water (氵) over her meat dishes (肴) and now they're all confused and disorderly (淆).

淆 = 氵 + 肴 : Just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) Xi Shi (xi) accidentally emptied a bottle of water (氵) over her meat dishes (肴) and now they're all confused and disorderly (淆).

萧 = 艹 + 肃 : Xi Shi (xi) is very miserable (萧) due to the economic crisis (萧). In front of the aorta (ao1) she has nothing left to eat but a sheet of artificial lawn (艹). She first cleans it up (肃) before miserably eating bits and pieces off the artificial lawn.

萧 = 艹 + 肃 : Xi Shi (xi) is very miserable (萧) due to the economic crisis (萧). In front of the aorta (ao1) she has nothing left to eat but a sheet of artificial lawn (艹). She first cleans it up (肃) before miserably eating bits and pieces off the artificial lawn.

消 = 氵 + 肖 : In front of the aorta, Xi Shi tells the Little Prince that she knows a neat trick how to let the water in his little water bottle disappear. The Little Prince is curious and lets her show her trick, but she just drinks the bottle empty. The Little Prince thinks that this trick is not only a Little Lame.

削 = 刂 + 肖 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Xi Shi (xi) teaches the little prince (肖) how to peel (削) fruits using a kitchen knife (刂).