奥克苏斯河 ào kè sū sī hé

DEFINITIONS

  1. Oxus River
  2. alternative name for Amu Darya 阿姆河[A1 mu3 He2]

CHARACTERS

奥 ào mysterious, obscure, profound
克 kè gram; overcome; transliteration
苏 sū revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
斯 sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
河 hé river; stream; yellow river