牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持
mǔ dān suī hǎo，quán píng lǜ yè fú chí
基本释义
  1. 比喻人不管有多大能耐，总得有人在旁协助。
出处
〖出处〗清·褚人获《隋唐演义》第十二回：“也不像两个人打，就如一对猛虎争餐，擂台上流做一团。牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持。”
例句
  1. 你说有了儿子么？‘～’。 ★清·西周生《醒世姻缘传》第三十二回
英文翻译
  1. 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.