The Joy Luck Club Feathers From A Thousand Li Away Flashcards

(95 cards)

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Cerebral aneurysm

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A stroke

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Mah Jong

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Games similar to card games but played with tiles engraved with drawings or symbols instead of cards

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Chabudwo

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Almost the same

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Butong

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Not the same thing at all

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Formica table

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Table with plastic laminated top

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Kuomintang

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Nationalist party of China led by Chiang Kai shek

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Bloated

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Swelled up

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Hong mu

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A fine Redwood

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Pung!

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An exclamation

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Chr!

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An exclamation

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Yuan

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A unit of money

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Transistor radio

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Old-fashioned radio that used transistor tubes

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Sulked

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Was silent and moody

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Urns

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Containers

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Wispy

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Thin

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Nondescript

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Plain

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Chinatown

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A section of San Francisco with many Chinese businesses and areas to live

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Ku Klux Klan

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A secret society that promotes white supremacy

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Candelabra

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And elegant set of candlesticks

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Mandarin

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The Chinese dialect

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Wonton

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A filled dumpling

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Consulate

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Place that houses representatives of a foreign government

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Chow mein

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A Chinese dish with noodles vegetables and other foods

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Cilantro

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Seasoning for food also called Chinese parsley

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Camphor
Substance from a Camphor Tree
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Chenille
A kind of fabric
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Translucent
Shining through
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Exasperate
Frustrated and irritated
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Chiszle
Mad to death
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College drop off
Means a college dropout
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Pretense
Make-believe
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Blurts
Speaks abruptly
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Reclaimed
Took back
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Smudged
Smeared
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Shou
Respect for one's ancestors or family
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Dowry
Money and goods that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
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Ni
A traitor to one's ancestors
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Insolant
Rude
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Mute
Not speaking or silent
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Settee
Sofa
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Ching Ching!
Please eat!
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Shrill
Harsh sounding
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Concubine
A socially recognized mistress
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White cotton
White is the burial color in China
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Membranes
Layer of tissue
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Taiyuan
A village where the Jongs | live
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Pichi
Temper
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Betrothed
Engaged
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Tyan
Sky
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Yu
Leftovers
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Syaumei
Little dumpling
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Chang
Jade necklace
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Veranda
Porch
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Shemma bende ren!
What kind of fool are you
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Chamberpot
A container for urine that people use that night
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Felicitous
Well expressed
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Palanquin
A litter that carries a person around
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Scurry
To move. Briskly
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Buddha
The founder of Buddhism
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Tounau
Soup
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Deficient
Lacking
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Auspicious
Lucky
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Writhing
Twisting
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Acrid
Sharp and harsh
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Chafing
Rubbing
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Pungent
Sharp and irritating strong smelling
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Amah
Nursemaid
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The five evils
Five evil creatures who can kill a child
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Dajya
All the family
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Chang-o
The moon lady
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Deciphered
Figured out
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Posterity
All future generations
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Balm
A soothing ointment
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Syin yifu!
Your new clothes everything all over the place!
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Scepters
Staffs or batons
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Zong zi
Sticky rice
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Rickshaws
One person vehicle pulled by a man
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Presumptuous
Overstepping the bounds
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Cleaver
A large heavy chopping knife
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Gingko nuts
Nuts from the gingko tree
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Listlessness
Weakness and lack of energy
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Askew
Crooked
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Warily
Cautiously
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Sullen
Resentfully silent
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Apparition
Ghostly figure
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Remorse
Guilty regret
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Brigands
Bandits
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Unfurled
Opened up
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Penance
Action that shows sorrow and remorse
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Lament
Mourn
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Drought
A long dry spell
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Wanton ness
Lewdness
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Yin
The feminine force in nature Chinese philosophy
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Yang
The masculine force and nature Chinese philosophy
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Disperse
Scatter