I started translating this post thinking that it was going to be about sunflowers, the big, yellow, pinwheel-type dealies. I mean, 太阳花 [pinyin]tai4 yang2 hua1[/pinyin], right? Literally translates into "sun flower". But then I got to the bit where the flowers are described as "pink-red", and scrambled for the Baidu encyclopedia. Turns out, 太阳花 are not "sunflowers" as we know them. Those are <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=ZwBLj_xEUc2SQjtjtvyV5Z2vfemLXe6qi8OxRI5jjH-O2jlCSQVYKxOmShSH0HCPdXOjVnYg1GY4UHRRlILQzKElzIB5ql04-OpG_mCJ5uPpg4kHpEHxwuBhP4HOOsDhtbw4VXl_RhN2mbIHvs0ISJkwtnh3AUzp9WB2iTfjoLyWe9ezNzYBbw2FhCO3fXiq">向日葵</a> [pinyin]xiang4 ri4 kui2[/pinyin]. No, <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=zpubNiUxxGf23KiltWjqfeeAdcLvVTbuPCPTs-jn7m7X0DbonwgWjo--LwPcw97ZnihvWLpPAJZ7W-xNfAIhmoF2_R8o0Jbb3FkpJLYBmXi" target="_blank">太阳花</a> is actually something called a "moss rose" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_grandiflora" target="_blank">English Wikipedia entry</a>). They look like this: 

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1) 太阳花是一种很美丽的小花，细细的小花瓣，粉红粉红的，鲜艳极了。叶子呢，也是细细的，嫩嫩的，像含着一包绿汁。

2) 早上，太阳一升起，太阳花就兴冲冲地开放了。傍晚，太阳一下山，太阳花就慢慢合拢花瓣睡觉了。

3) 太阳花的颜色可多了！有粉红的，有黄黄的、蓝蓝的，还有紫紫的。

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1) Sunflowers are a very pretty type of flower, with thin petals, 太阳花是一种很美丽的小花，细细的小花瓣，粉红粉红的，鲜艳极了。叶子呢，也是细细的，嫩嫩的，像含着一包绿汁。

2) 早上，太阳一升起，太阳花就兴冲冲地开放了。傍晚，太阳一下山，太阳花就慢慢合拢花瓣睡觉了。

3) 太阳花的颜色可多了！有粉红的，有黄黄的、蓝蓝的，还有紫紫的。

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