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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

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mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú
  1. 1.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.

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牡牛土
丹⺆亠
虽口虫
好女子
全人王
仗亻丈
绿纟录
叶口十
扶扌夫

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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牡丹虽好全仗绿叶扶

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牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 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.