The Joy Luck Club

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