| 万事俱备，只欠东风 |
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng |
lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item |
| 万 |
mò |
used in 万俟 |
| 万 |
Wàn |
surname Wan |
| 万 |
wàn |
ten thousand / a great number |
| 万事 |
wàn shì |
all things |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |
| 俱 |
jù |
(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike |
| 备 |
bèi |
variant of 备 |
| 备 |
bèi |
(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; completely |
| 只 |
zhī |
variant of 只 |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
only; merely; just |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
variant of 只 |
| 只 |
zhī |
grain that has begun to ripen |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
variant of 只 |
| 只 |
zhī |
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 只欠东风 |
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng |
all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item |
| 欠 |
qiàn |
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body) |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东风 |
dōng fēng |
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |