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Mandarin · 16 October 2026 · Family Banquets & Holidays

团圆饭團圓飯

tuán yuán fànPinyin

reunion dinner

noun

A symbolic meal eaten collectively by family members, most famously during major traditional holidays like the Mid-Autumn Festival or Lunar New Year. It embodies the values of completeness, unity, and familial harmony.

In a sentence

新来的合租伙伴客客气气地在大客厅张罗著,说大伙出门在外不容易,今天中秋节无论如何也要聚在一起吃一顿团圆饭。

Xīn lái de hézū huǒbàn kèkè-qìqì de zài dà kètīng zhāngluozhe, shuō dàhuǒ chūmén zàiwài bù róngyì, jīntiān Zhōngqiūjié wúlùn-rúhé yě yào jù zài yīqǐ chī yī dùn tuányuánfàn.

The newly arrived co-tenant exceptionally politely organized things in the large living room, saying that since it isn't easy for everyone living away from home, they must gather to have a reunion dinner for Mid-Autumn Festival no matter what.

The Mandarin word 团圆饭, illustrated
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