After reform and opening up, economic development flourished like a field of flowers.
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Literal scenery use is most common — spring gardens, flowering streets. Figurative use describes any flourishing state (careers, industries, cultures).
memory
锦 (jǐn) is patterned brocade silk — the oldest Chinese metaphor for something densely beautiful. Same 锦 as 锦绣河山 ("brocade rivers and mountains" = beautiful country).
