万事俱备，只欠东风

lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number

all things

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / to be alike

(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike

variant of 備|备[bei4]

to prepare / get ready / to provide or equip

(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; in every possible way

only / merely / just / but

variant of 只[zhi3]

grain that has begun to ripen

variant of 只[zhi3]

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]