牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 [ mǔ dān suī hǎo，zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí ]

基本释义

扶持：扶助。比喻再好的事物也要有个帮衬。

出 处

〖出处〗清·文康《儿女英雄传》第十九回：“有了银钱，却又只怕没人，又道是‘牡丹花好，终须绿叶扶持’。”

英文翻译

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.