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) Moss roses are a very pretty type of flower, with thin petals, all pinkish-red, very colorful. And the leaves, they're also thin and tender, as if containing a sack of green juice.  

2) In the morning, when the sun rises, moss roses excitedly open. In the evening, when the sun falls behind the mountains, moss flowers slowly close up their petals and sleep. 

3) How many colors the moss roses have! There are pink-red, yellow, blue and also purple. 

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