In many cultures, round foods such as grapes are eaten at celebrations to represent family unity.

在许多文化中，人们在庆典上吃葡萄等圆形食物，以象征家庭团圆。

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Yeah, and Yuanxiao symbolizes family unity, completeness and happiness.

是的，而且元宵还象征着家庭团圆、完整和幸福。

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Round in shape, tang yuan symbolizes family unity, completeness and happiness.

汤圆那圆圆的形状象征着家庭的团圆、完整和幸福。

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"I think the theme that comes out is really the unity of mankind, that we are all the same, the things that we share are things like family, like faith,like friendship.

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This isn't a tale of the stereotypical black athlete who grows up with the black father not in the home, leading to the cycle of violence and lack of family unity we see all around the country.

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Human dignity is not synonymous with citizenship, a vitally important point in an era in which would-be immigrants are denied family unity, non-citizens are detained arbitrarily for the purposes of immigration-control and refugees are denied access to asylum.

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Even in this determinedly optimistic and conformist country, there are some commentators, like gadfly politician JB Jeyaretnam, (one of only three opposition MPs) who point out that the government- approved brand of family unity might not last under the strains of late twentieth-century life.

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