牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶

mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 , quan2 zhang4 lu:4 ye4 fu2

Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.

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牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶|牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶 [mǔ dãn suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu yè fú] ► Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.