万事俱备，只欠东风
Traditional form:
萬事俱備，只欠東風
Pinyin (reading):
wànshìjùbèi,zhǐqiàndōngfēng
Definitions:
- lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
- fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
Characters:
- 万 - ten thousand; innumerable
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 俱 - all, together; accompany
- 备 - to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect
- 只 - only, merely, just
- 欠 - to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
- 东 - east, eastern, eastward
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
Traditional characters:
- 萬 - ten thousand; innumerable
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 俱 - all, together; accompany
- 備 - to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect
- 只 - only, merely, just
- 欠 - to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
- 東 - east, eastern, eastward
- 風 - wind; air; customs, manners; news