万事俱备,只欠东风 (萬事俱備,只欠東風)
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
Pinyin

Definition

万事俱备,只欠东风 (萬事俱備,只欠東風)
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wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item

Related Words (20)

shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
zhǐ
  1. 1 only
  2. 2 merely
  3. 3 just
  4. 4 but
zhǐ shì
  1. 1 merely
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 only
  4. 4 but
zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在是万事俱备,只欠东风啊!
xiànzài shì wànshìjùbèi, zhǐqiàndōngfēng a !
Everything's ready now-- all we need is an easterly wind!