牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
Traditional: 牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持Dictionary entry
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.
What does 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 mean?
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 (mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí) has the following dictionary meaning.
1Although 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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