Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Glossary

By Connie Skibinski · Edited by Jessica Jones · Last reviewed March 01, 2016

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Written by Connie Skibinski

Exhausting

Physically or emotionally tiring

Miasma

A sad, unpleasant environment

Absence

Lack of

Immobility

Being unable to move forwards, towards a better life

Incentive

A desire to work hard

Cultural Revolution

A 1996 Chinese policy that aimed to preserve Communist values and reduce Capitalist influences

Solemn

Formal

Meddle

To interfere with something

Illiterate

Unable to read or write

Aristocrat

A very rich, upper-class person

Rebel

Fight agaist

Demogoguery

To appeal to a person's emotions

Tentative

Uncertain

Xenophobia

Intense fear or distrust of foreigners

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