阿尔泰紫菀

flower or herb of Heteropappus altaicus (used in TCM) / Flos seu Herba Heteropappi altaici

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

variant of 爾|尔[er3]

thus / so / like that / you / thou

Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk

Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand

safe / peaceful / most / grand

purple / violet

(botany) aster (Aster tataricus)

bound form used in 紫菀[zi3 wan3]

luxuriance of growth