阿旺曲培

ā wàng qū péi

Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US

ā

abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

wàng

prosperous

variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

péi

to bank up with earth