created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng · 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
wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng
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 · wànshìjùbèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐqiàndōngfēng · lacking the final crucial item
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created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng · 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
wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng
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 · wànshìjùbèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐqiàndōngfēng · lacking the final crucial item
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng · 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
wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng
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 · wànshìjùbèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐqiàndōngfēng · lacking the final crucial item
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 万事俱备,只欠东风/萬事俱備,只欠東風 · wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng · 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
wànshìjùbèizhǐqiàndōngfēng
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 · wànshìjùbèi · everything is ready , (non_chinese) 只欠东风 (literal) → 只欠东风/只欠東風 · zhǐqiàndōngfēng · lacking the final crucial item
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition