idiom
万事皆备，只欠东风
wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item; also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风
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万事皆备，只欠东风 (wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng) means "everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item; also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风" in Chinese.
万事皆备，只欠东风 is pronounced "wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 9 syllables.
万事皆备，只欠东风 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
万事皆备，只欠东风 is made up of the characters 万, 事, 皆, 备, ，, 只, 欠, 东, 风. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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