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.

八字胡须

bā zì hú xū

蓄须明志

xù xū míng zhì

to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[méi lán fāng] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

横须贺市

héng xū hè shì

Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan

不让须眉

bù ràng xū méi

(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc

hair and beard

lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers

文须雀

wén xū què

(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)

asparagus

must; have to

to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants

横须贺

héng xū hè

Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)

beard

see 老生[lǎo shēng]

aftershave

to have to

Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition

须浮鸥

xū fú ōu

(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

蓝须夜蜂虎

lán xū yè fēng hǔ

(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

groundless; baseless

short period of time

woman with a manly spirit

man or men (formal)

tentacles