Flowers are blooming in a riot of colour.
百花盛开，万紫千红。
Flowers of all sorts are blooming in a riot of colour.
百花盛开，万紫千红。
What is most surprising is that a subject that is so rich in metaphor-the blooming of a flower-had been studied so little from a quantitative perspective.
最让人感到惊奇的是，一个常被人挂在嘴边的自然现象——植物开花——人们对它进行的的定量研究居然是那么的少。
In case we missed the blooming-and-blossoming theme, the heroine, Charlie (Jennifer Lopez), a Venice Beach free spirit who works as a dog-walker, caterer, and temp, also paints floral whatnots on the walls of her apartment.