牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶
mǔ​dan​suī​hǎo​quán​zhàng​lǜ​yè​fú

the peony is beautiful but depends on its leaves

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶 mǔ​dan​suī​hǎo​quán​zhàng​lǜ​yè​fú
the peony is beautiful but depends on its leaves
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves; used as an idiom meaning that however brilliant a person may be, they cannot succeed without support from others