牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持

mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 , quan2 zhang4 lu:4 ye4 fu2 chi2

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，全仗綠葉扶持|牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 [mǔ dãn suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu yè fú chí] ► 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.