万事俱备，只欠东风 in English wan4 shi4 ju4 bei4 , zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically lacking only one tiny crucial item

Simplified Characters

万 事 俱 备 ， 只 欠 东 风

Traditional Characters

萬 事 俱 備 ， 只 欠 東 風

Pinyin

wan4 shi4 ju4 bei4 , zhi3 qian4 dong1 feng1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

万wan4see 万俟[Mo4 qi2] 事shi4matter 俱ju4entirely 备bei4variant of 備|备[bei4] ， 只zhi3only 欠qian4deficient 东dong1surname Dong 风feng1wind