牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持 (maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，zung1 seoi1 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4): 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. | Cantonese Dictionary

maau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，zung1 seoi1 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

Jyutpingmaau5 daan1 seoi1 hou2 ，zung1 seoi1 luk6 jip6 fu4 ci4

Yalemáuh dān sēui hóu ，zūng sēui lukh yiph fùh chìh

Definition

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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T1High level

T2High rising

T3Mid level

T4Low falling

T5Low rising

T6Low level

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莫扎特

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mo4 zik1(dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle

眉梢

mei4 saau1tip of brow

鎂棒镁棒

mei5 paang5ferrocerium rod

明子

ming4 zi2see 松明[song1 ming2]

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