Joy Luck Club Crossword X001

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Across
  1. 2. Suyuan was forced to do this when she thought she was going to die.
  2. 6. All the daughters try to avoid bring this to their family, causing a lot of stress.
  3. 9. A gift brought by the bride to her husband in marriage.
  4. 11. Prized and precious.
  5. 14. A major theme in JLC about mom's passing on memories and lessons to daughters.
  6. 17. Benevolent and without harm.
  7. 18. There were many of these in China when the Japanese invaded.
  8. 20. Partially see-through and oqaque.
  9. 21. Amy Tan's mother was here in the 1920s.
  10. 22. Means magnificent, think of the house An-mei's mother's husband lived in.
  11. 26. Means unnoticed, unaware.
  12. 29. All the mom's in JLC had to leave something behind.
  13. 31. Very rare to see in daily life, but when shown means kindness.
  14. 33. Symbolizes the removal of Ni.
  15. 34. People like Waverly were able to find successful jobs and make a _____.
  16. 35. A substance with a certain aromatic smell.
  17. 37. Different versions of the same language, very prominent in China.
  18. 39. The game that Jing-Mei's mom and her original JLC members played in China.
  19. 41. Has a mother that is very quiet.
  20. 42. Suyuan gives this to her daughter.
  21. 43. The next generation that the mothers in JLC have to raise.
  22. 46. Jing-mei and Suyuan's friends sent this to China to inform the sisters that Suyuan had passed.
  23. 47. A major theme in JLC about a family's history.
  24. 48. Lindo Jong sacrificed her life to keep her parent's will.
  25. 49. It is important to show Shou to past _____.
  26. 50. Very submissive wife of Ted.
Down
  1. 1. Lindo tried to make her daughter submit to her.
  2. 3. Suyuan was from this place in China.
  3. 4. Lena's mother first husband went to flirt with other women.
  4. 5. The male who accompanies the female who gave birth.
  5. 6. Symbolizes the things a mother had to sacrifice for her daughter
  6. 7. Legally, socially, and often religiously recognized union between two individuals.
  7. 8. The female who gave birth to a child.
  8. 10. The daughter's in JLC barely showed any to their mothers until they were well into adulthood.
  9. 12. Rose's mother felt this after losing Bing.
  10. 13. Has two half sisters.
  11. 15. Waverly went to these competitions and became a chess champion.
  12. 16. Suyuan wished to someday go back to China to find these girls.
  13. 19. Really good chess player.
  14. 23. Means forgotten and useless.
  15. 24. All the mother's in JLC had _____ something in the past.
  16. 25. Jing-mei meets her sisters fulfilling Suyuan's wishes.
  17. 27. A simile to the word auspicious.
  18. 28. Many characters in JLC had a _____ to go get a better life.
  19. 30. The starting position in a MahJong game.
  20. 32. The mahjong table was made of this type of wood.
  21. 36. In the early day's of the moms in JLC, they relied heavily on this to get a better life.
  22. 38. The daughters in JLC have this tone with their mothers every time they speak.
  23. 40. In Chinese culture, these entities would be a sign of bad luck.
  24. 44. Very important to Chinese families.
  25. 45. The mothers all wish their daughters to have ____ life.