The Joy Luck Club

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Across
  1. 2. secondary wives
  2. 5. completely in agreement
  3. 7. Jing-mei's mother was insistent on her becoming this.
  4. 8. of substandard quality
  5. 9. allowing some light to pass through
  6. 13. Jing-mei's mother
  7. 14. An-mei's mother's husband who had four concubines.
  8. 15. one of Jing-mei's estranged half-sisters.
  9. 19. intestines; guts
  10. 20. thin layer of tissue
  11. 22. swelled up
  12. 24. Jing-mei was told to play this instrument in an attempt to become a prodigy.
  13. 25. done with force or energy
  14. 27. This meat was used as a way to portray respect towards guests and elders in your house.
  15. 28. Suyuan wanted Jing-mei to become like this child star.
  16. 30. An-mei's mother's personal servant
Down
  1. 1. scampered; go quickly with light steps
  2. 3. respect for ancestors, elders, and family
  3. 4. arrogant; presumptuous; insulting
  4. 6. serious
  5. 10. the city where the mothers and their Chinese-American daughters formed the Joy Luck Club.
  6. 11. Chinese word for confusion
  7. 12. The city Suyuan lived in until it was taken over by the Japanese.
  8. 15. the game that Waverly Jong excelled at
  9. 16. traitor; disrespect for elders and ancestors
  10. 17. grow; encourage; promote
  11. 18. money or property brought by a bride's family to her husband
  12. 21. Rose Hsu's brother who drowned.
  13. 23. a light two-wheeled hooded vehicle drawn by one or more people
  14. 26. very infectious; incurable; fatal; dangerous
  15. 29. speechless