万事俱备，只欠东风

wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

Definitions

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

Child Words of 万事俱备，只欠东风

• 事 shì: matter
• 只 zhǐ: only
• 东 dōng: east
• 欠 qiàn: to owe
• 只 zhī: grain that has begun to ripen
• 万 wàn: ten thousand
• 风 fēng: wind
• 俱 jù: (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception
• 备 bèi: (bound form) to prepare; to equip
• 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng: all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
• 东风 dōng fēng: easterly wind
• 万事 wàn shì: all things