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万事俱备，只欠东风

wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng

9-character word Traditional 萬事俱備，只欠東風

What 万事俱备，只欠东风 means

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

The characters in 万事俱备，只欠东风

• 万wànten thousand; a great number
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 只zhǐonly; merely; just
• 欠qiànto owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 风fēngwind; news; style