萬事皆備,只欠東風 wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

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

CHARACTERS

萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
事 shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
皆 jiē all, every, everybody
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