烛光晚餐

• ⺌(small light radiating upward)ASSOCIATIVE
• 兀(standing person; upright person)ASSOCIATIVE

Light shining down from above a person standing upright creates the image of 光, meaning light.

• 日(sun)RADICAL
• 免(avoid; exempt)PHONETIC

The sun sinking down as if hiding signals that evening has arrived.

• 食(eat; food)RADICAL
• 歺(bone remnant; residue)ASSOCIATIVE
• 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE

A meal is when the hand picks up leftover scraps and puts them in the mouth — the image of primitive eating.