wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng

lacking only one final detail

  • created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · all is ready except for the crucial element — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万事俱备,只欠东风 / 萬事俱備,只欠東風

    wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng

    all is ready except for the crucial element

    everything is ready except for the one final key condition; literal sense refers to the Battle of Red Cliffs where all preparations were made except for the favorable east wind

    万事俱备 (literal) → 万事俱备/萬事俱備 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · lacking the final crucial item

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · everything is ready except for the crucial final element — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万事俱备,只欠东风 / 萬事俱備,只欠東風

    wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng

    everything is ready except for the crucial final element

    everything is prepared and the only thing missing is the most important factor; a metaphor for having all resources ready but being unable to proceed due to a single missing necessity

    万事俱备 (literal) → 万事俱备/萬事俱備 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · lacking the final crucial item

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · everything is ready except for the crucial factor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万事俱备,只欠东风 / 萬事俱備,只欠東風

    wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng

    everything is ready except for the crucial factor

    everything is ready except for one final key element; all is prepared except for the one most important thing

    万事俱备 (literal) → 万事俱备/萬事俱備 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · lacking the final crucial item

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · lacking only one final detail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万事俱备,只欠东风 / 萬事俱備,只欠東風

    wàn​shì​jù​bèi​zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng

    lacking only one final detail

    Everything is ready except for one last crucial factor; literally "all is ready except for the east wind," referring to a story from the [[三国演义|三國演義|san1 guo2 yan3 yi4]] where a fire attack required a specific wind to succeed.

    万事俱备 (literal) → 万事俱备/萬事俱備 · wàn​shì​jù​bèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐ​qiàn​dōng​fēng · lacking the final crucial item

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense