牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

mu3 dan5 sui1 hao3 , zhong1 xu1 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，終須綠葉扶持|牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 [mǔ dãn suī hǎo , zhōng xū 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.