You might remember the meaning of the character 腾 with this easy mnemonic:
Once I saw a huge eagle soar over the mountain towards the moon (月). It had long bushy eyebrows (丷) and one (一) big (大) beak that would scare even our fiercest horses (马).
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.