阿坝藏族羌族自治州

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]

abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

flatter

(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4] / also Ngawa county

dam / dike / embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]

dam / dike; embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]

Tibet / abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]

to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect

storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture

Tibetan ethnic group

race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan / surname Qiang

muntjac / grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

variant of 羌[qiang1]

Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

autonomy

to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

autonomous prefecture

prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)