granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
沙
=
少
+
氵
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).
坑
=
亢
+
土
:
Karl Marx (k) finds out that turtleneck sweaters (亢) are completely out of fashion now, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) he digs a deep pit (坑), throws the sweater inside and fills the pit with earth (土).
坑
=
亢
+
土
:
Karl Marx (k) finds out that turtleneck sweaters (亢) are completely out of fashion now, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) he digs a deep pit (坑), throws the sweater inside and fills the pit with earth (土).
