You might remember the meaning of the character 尊 with this easy mnemonic:
Don't raise your eyebrows (丷) at me, I'm drinking wine (酉) in order to honor the great people who made this delicious drink. You being an inch (寸) away from my face is making it hard for me to drink!
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.