Usage of the character 好

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.

Zhōngguó Rénmín Duìwài Yǒuhǎo Xiéhuì

中国人民对外友好协会

[中國人民對外友好協會]

Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)

mǔdansuīhǎo,zhōngxūlüyèfúchí

牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

[牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持]

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.

shéixiàozàizuìhòu,shéixiàodézuìhǎo

谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好

[誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好]

He laughs best who laughs last.

mǔdansuīhǎo,quánpínglüyèfúchí

牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持

[牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持]

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.

hǎoshìbùchūmén,èshìchuánqiānlǐ

好事不出门，恶事传千里

[好事不出門，惡事傳千里]

lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

shéixiàodàozuìhòu,shéixiàodézuìhǎo

谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好

[誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好]

He laughs best who laughs last.

gǒuyǎo Lü Dòngbīn,bùshíhǎorénxīn

狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心

[狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心]

a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
to ill reward a person's kindness

mǔdansuīhǎo,quánzhànglüyèfúchí

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持

[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.

zàijiāqiānrìhǎo,chūményīshínán

在家千日好，出门一时难

[在家千日好，出門一時難]

lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
fig. there's no place like home

huángshǔlánggěijībàinián,méi'ānhǎoxīn

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心

[黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心]

see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年／黄鼠狼给鸡拜年 (huángshǔlánggěijībàinián)

yòuyàomǎrhǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo

又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草

[又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草]

see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草／又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 (yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo)

lǎoziyīngxióng'érhǎohàn,lǎozifǎndòng'érhúndàn

老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋

[老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋]

If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)
fig. like father, like son

bùguǎnbáimāohēimāo,zhuōzhùlǎoshǔjiùshìhǎomāo

不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫

[不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓]

it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平／邓小平 ( Dèng Xiǎopíng) in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

hàoxuéjìnhūzhī,lìxíngjìnhūrén,zhīchǐjìnhūyǒng

好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇

[好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇]

to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)