The Joy Luck Club

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