You might remember the meaning of the character 说 with this easy mnemonic:
During a speech (讠), the speaker emphasized that people with self image issues are incredibly critical of themselves. Everything from the size of their legs (儿), mouth (口) to even the angles of their eyebrows (丷) can be wrong in their eyes.
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.