You might remember the meaning of the character 养 with this easy mnemonic:
When the sheep (羊) are giving birth I like to draw happy eyebrows (丷) on them first so it doesn't look like they're in that much pain. Although ironically I was in great pain when the sheep kicked me in the legs (儿) when I was trying to draw on eyebrows.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.