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The Joy Luck Club Feathers From A Thousand Li Away Flashcards

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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

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Substance from a Camphor Tree

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Chenille

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A kind of fabric

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Translucent

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Shining through

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Exasperate

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Frustrated and irritated

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Chiszle

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Mad to death

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College drop off

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Means a college dropout

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Pretense

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Make-believe

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Blurts

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Speaks abruptly

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Reclaimed

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Took back

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Smudged

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Smeared

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Shou

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Respect for one’s ancestors or family

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Dowry

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Money and goods that a woman brings to her husband in marriage

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Ni

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A traitor to one’s ancestors

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Insolant

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Rude

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Mute

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Not speaking or silent

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Settee

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Sofa

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Ching Ching!

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Please eat!

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Shrill

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Harsh sounding

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Concubine

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A socially recognized mistress

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White cotton

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White is the burial color in China

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Membranes

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Layer of tissue

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Taiyuan

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A village where the Jongs

live

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Pichi

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Temper

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Betrothed

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Engaged

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Tyan

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Sky

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Yu

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Leftovers

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Syaumei

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Little dumpling

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Chang

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Jade necklace

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Veranda

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Porch

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Shemma bende ren!

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What kind of fool are you

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Chamberpot

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A container for urine that people use that night

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Felicitous

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Well expressed

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Palanquin

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A litter that carries a person around

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Scurry

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To move. Briskly

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Buddha

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The founder of Buddhism

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Tounau

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Soup

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Deficient

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Lacking

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Auspicious

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Lucky

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Writhing

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Twisting

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Acrid

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Sharp and harsh

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Chafing

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Rubbing

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Pungent

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Sharp and irritating strong smelling

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Amah

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Nursemaid

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The five evils

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Five evil creatures who can kill a child

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Dajya

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All the family

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Chang-o

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The moon lady

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Deciphered

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Figured out

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Posterity

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All future generations

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Balm

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A soothing ointment

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Syin yifu!

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Your new clothes everything all over the place!

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Scepters

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Staffs or batons

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Zong zi

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Sticky rice

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Rickshaws

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One person vehicle pulled by a man

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Presumptuous

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Overstepping the bounds

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Cleaver

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A large heavy chopping knife

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Gingko nuts

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Nuts from the gingko tree

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Listlessness

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Weakness and lack of energy

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Askew

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Crooked

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Warily

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Cautiously

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Sullen

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Resentfully silent

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Apparition

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Ghostly figure

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Remorse

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Guilty regret

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Brigands

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Bandits

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Unfurled

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Opened up

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Penance

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Action that shows sorrow and remorse

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Lament

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Mourn

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Drought

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A long dry spell

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Wanton ness

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Lewdness

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Yin

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The feminine force in nature Chinese philosophy

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Yang

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The masculine force and nature Chinese philosophy

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Disperse

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Scatter

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