牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持

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.

(of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills

Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong / Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

red / pellet / powder / cinnabar

although / even though

good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello

to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

all / whole / entire / every / complete

weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle

green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lü4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role

leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname

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.

to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help

to help / to assist

to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control