万事皆备，只欠东风

wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

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Definitions

1. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
2. lacking only one tiny crucial item
3. also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风

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Child Words of 万事皆备，只欠东风

• 事 事 shì: matter
• 只 只 zhǐ: only
• 东 东 dōng: east
• 欠 欠 qiàn: to owe
• 皆 皆 jiē: all
• 只 只 zhī: grain that has begun to ripen
• 万 万 wàn: ten thousand
• 风 风 fēng: wind
• 备 备 bèi: (bound form) to prepare; to equip
• 只欠东风 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng: all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
• 东风 东风 dōng fēng: easterly wind
• 万事 万事 wàn shì: all things