牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
分类：成语大全
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 [ mǔ dān suī hǎo，zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí ]
基本释义
扶持：扶助。比喻再好的事物也要有个帮衬。
出 处
〖出处〗清·文康《儿女英雄传》第十九回：“有了银钱，却又只怕没人，又道是‘牡丹花好，终须绿叶扶持’。”
英文翻译
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.