Although peony is good, it depends on the support of green leaves(mǔ dān suī hǎo，quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí)

Although peony is good, it depends on the support of green leaves

Although peony is good, it depends on the support of green leaves. Chinese words mean that no matter how capable a person is, someone must be there to help him.

It means that no matter how capable a person is, someone must be there to help him. Source: the first ten chapters of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "as the saying goes," although peony is good, it's all supported by green leaves. "The wives are not in the loss of the girl Phoenix, but are those people still helping?" There was an old Chinese saying: ~. Just a peony flower is not good-looking, it must be with leaves, and then complete the beauty of peony. A collection of Mao Dun's Essays: Random Thoughts on flowers and leaves

Chinese PinYin : mǔ dān suī hǎo，quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí