萬事俱備,只欠東風 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

CHARACTERS

萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
事 shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
俱 jù all, together; accompany
備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect
只 zhǐ only, just, simply
欠 qiàn owe, lack, be deficient; KangXi radical number 76
東 dōng east, eastern, eastward
風 fēng wind; air; manners, atmosphere