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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持 [ㄇㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄢ ㄙㄨㄟ ㄏㄠˇ , ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄤˋ ㄌㄩˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄔˊ; 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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