皮肉之苦

皮 = ㇖ + 丿 + 丨 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: a cow's hide.

皮 = ㇖ + 丿 + 丨 + 又 : Just inside the entrance of the space station Pocahontas destroys her cow's hide with a sickle because she decided to go vegan. Instead of leather she'll wear a banana peel as coat, boxing gloves as shoes and a big dinosaur bone as long hat.

皮 = ㇖ + 丿 + 丨 + 又 : New mnemonic symbol, since I also use the cow's hide for 革: leather shoes.

肉 = 冂 + 人 + 人 : Robinson Crusoe (r) and two Neanderthal Men (人人) are having a picnic in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are sitting on a huge map (冂) and each of them devours a big, bloody piece of meat (肉).

之 = 丶 + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.

苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.