wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

Traditional: 萬事俱備，只欠東風

万事俱备，只欠东风 (wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item

Characters in 万事俱备，只欠东风

万mò · used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]事shì · matter俱jù · (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception备bèi · (bound form) to prepare; to equip只zhǐ · only; merely; just欠qiàn · to owe东dōng · east风fēng · wind

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