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Xi shi (xi) and a sea star (⺍) have a strong desire (兴) to smoke catnip (⺍) through a flute (一), so they hide in the engine’s bathroom ((e)ng4) to crush the catnip with an eight-ball (八) and smoke it. Shortly afterwards they relax and loose all their excitement (兴) and interest in anything (兴).

Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: a sea star.

In the aorta’s bathroom (ao4) the Queen of Hearts (qi) has an eureka moment: from chocolate (巧) cave paintings (穴) she learns the know-how (窍) how to make chocolate.

Mnemonic symbol: chocolate from 巧克力 (qiao3 ke4 li4).

Xu Xian (xu) wants to study (学) cooking in the elevator’s kitchen (e2). For his dish he uses eggs (子) and (by mistake) catnip (⺍). Lots of cats are circling him, even though he covers his dish with a saucepan lid (冖).

Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

Yu the Great (yu) prepares to cook Guangdong’s (粤) most popular drug, meth, in the elevator’s bathroom (e4). First he puts on a breathing mask (丂) to protect himself. Then he starts the process: he puts a petal (丶) into a large plastic enclosure (囗) and adds a sack of rice (米) as the next ingredient.

The air inside of the aorta is so bad that Karl Marx needs a breathing mask to breathe freely.

Mnemonic symbol: a breathing mask.

Karl Marx (k) wants to use the anthill’s bathroom (an4), but when the Eye of Providence (目) is watching (看) so he’s not able to. He uses a big baseball glove (手) to get some privacy.