阿爾薩斯

Alsace, French department

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

thus / so / like that / you / thou

Bodhisattva / surname Sa

SARS / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]

(phonetic) / this