人生短暂，学术无涯

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

短 = 矢 + 豆 : Doggy Dog (du) is playing darts (矢) with some buddies inside of the anthill (an3). He ate a bunch of beans (豆) before, so every time he throws a dart (矢), he has to go to the bathroom for a short duration (短) to fart.

暂 = 斩 + 日 : Zorro (z) needs to use the anthill's bathroom (an4) badly, but it is temporarily (暂) closed until the sun (日) finished mowing (斩) the bathroom's lawn.

暂 = 斩 + 日 : Zorro (z) needs to use the anthill's bathroom (an4) badly, but it is temporarily (暂) closed until the sun (日) finished mowing (斩) the bathroom's lawn.

学 = 小 + 冖 + 子 : Xu Xian wants to study scienceology and learn more about daisies. Just inside the elevator's kitchen, he put some daisies into a prize cup and covered them with a cooking top. He wants to study the growth rate of the daisies depending on the pH of the water in the prize cup.

术 = 丶 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol from 手术: surgeon.

In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) the surgeon (术) wants to tickle Sheldon Shrimp (shu) with a petal (丶), but Sheldon thinks it's a trap and he wants to cut him open, so he hides behind a Christmas tree (木).

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.