Would our star tolerate an Asian beast? (7)

'an asian beast?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'would our star tolerate' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'star' could be 'sun' (the Sun is a star) and 'sun' is present in the answer.
'tolerate' could be 'bear' (synonyms) and 'bear' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?