牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
mǔ​dan​suī​hǎo​zhōng​xū​lǜ​yè​fú​chí

no one can succeed alone

  • created sense approved 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持/牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持 · mǔ​dan​suī​hǎo​zhōng​xū​lǜ​yè​fú​chí · no one can succeed alone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 / 牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持

    mǔ​dan​suī​hǎo​zhōng​xū​lǜ​yè​fú​chí

    no one can succeed alone

    although the peony is beautiful, it depends on its green leaves for support; even a brilliant person needs help from others to succeed

    牡丹 (literal) → 牡丹 · mǔ​dan · peony 虽 (literal) → 虽/雖 · suī · although 好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · good ， (non_chinese) 终须 (literal) → 终须/終須 · zhōng​xū · inevitably 绿叶 (literal) → 绿叶/綠葉 · lǜ​yè · green leaves 扶持 (literal) → 扶持 · fú​chí · to aid

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    created sense