受凍挨餓

受 = 爫 + 冖 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: 受 is often used in a negative sense, when something bad happens to the speaker. I thus represent 受 by a stretcher, which is used to transport injured persons.

受 = 爫 + 冖 + 又 : Sherlock Holmes lost a boxing fight in the outhouse, and he's lying on a stretcher in the bathroom now. He still has his boxing gloves on. He got beaten so badly that is opponent was even able to shave his head with an electric razor. Nobody had a cover at hand, so he's just provisionally covered with a cooking top.

冻 = 东 + 冫 : Doggy Dog set up his booth at a very bad time: it's winter, and it's freezing cold. He built a small Oriental Pearl Tower in the engine's bathroom and tries to sell popsicles in aspic.

挨 = 扌 + 矣 : The contestants of the TV show (矣) are lining up in front of the airplane (ai1), and so does Albert Einstein (Ø). The contestants are going to endure being beaten with toy claws (扌) one after the other (挨).

挨 = 扌 + 矣 : Albert Einstein (Ø) reached the finals of a TV show (矣). In order to win, he will have to endure (挨) being beaten with a toy claw (扌) just inside the airplane's kitchen (ai2).

饿 = 我 + 饣 : In the elevator's bathroom (e4) I'm (我) listening to a seemingly endless physics lecture by Albert Einstein (Ø). Because I'm hungry (饿) I cannot concentrate at all but can only think of getting a Chinese cruller (饣) once this is over.