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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.

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持

mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí

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.

牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持

mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí

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.

牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持

mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí

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.

灵丹妙药

líng dān miào yào

1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
2 panacea
3 elixir

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中国前驻苏丹大使李成文说，构建人类命运共同体符合国际社会推动促进和平发展的趋势和方向，

Zhōngguó qián zhù Sūdān dàshǐ lǐchéngwén shuō ，gòujiàn rénlèi mìngyùngòngtóngtǐ fúhé guójì shèhuì tuīdòng cùjìn hépíng fāzhǎn de qūshì hé fāngxiàng ，

Li Chengwen, the former Chinese ambassador to Sudan, said that building a community of shared future is the trend and direction of the international community to promote the development of peace.

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尼罗河也被称为世界第一长河。全长6670公里。流经坦桑尼亚、卢旺达、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及等国，穿过世界上面积最大的撒哈拉沙漠，最后流入地中海。流域面积为335万平方公里，相当于非洲大陆面积的九分之一。

Níluóhé yě bèichēngwéi shìjiè dì yī chánghé 。quán cháng liùqiānliùbǎiqīshí gōngli 。liújīng Tǎnsāngníyà 、Lúwàngdá 、Wūgāndá 、āisài ébǐyà 、Sūdān hé āijí děng guó ，chuānguò shìjiè shàng miànjī zuìdà de Sāhālāshāmò ，zuìhòu liúrù Dìzhōnghǎi 。liúyùmiànjī wéi sānbǎisānshíwǔ wàn píngfāng gōngli ，xiāngdāngyú fēizhōu dàlù miànjī de jiǔfēnzhīyī 。

The Nile has also been called the world's longest river, at some 6670 kilometers in length. It flows through the countries of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, passing through the Sahara Desert - the largest by area in the world, and finally flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Its watershed covers 3,350,000 square kilometers, equal to 1/9th of the surface of the African Continent.

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