[ mǔ dān suī hǎo，quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí ]

比喻人不管有多大能耐，总得有人在旁协助。

清·曹雪芹《红楼梦》第一一零回:“俗话说的，‘牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持’，太太们不亏了凤丫头，那些人还帮着吗！”

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.