阿尔泰雪鸡

(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)

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

surname Xue

snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute