Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
万事俱备，只欠东风
English translation:
Everything is in order except what is crucial. Everything is all set except one thing. Everything needed is available, pending t
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Edward LIU
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Chinese term
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Highest, strongest, best
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万事俱备，只欠东风
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Is there an equivalent English idiom?
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| 3 +1 | FYI |
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| 4 | (We have) all things going (our) way except a prevailing wind from the east. |
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Edward LIU
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Chinese term (edited):
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Everything is in order except what is crucial.
Everything is all set except one thing.
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Note added at 9 hrs 58 mins (2005-03-11 08:09:05 GMT)
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Everything needed is available, pending the final push.
Everything is in order except what is crucial.
Everything is all set except one thing.
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Note added at 9 hrs 58 mins (2005-03-11 08:09:05 GMT)
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Everything needed is available, pending the final push.
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Comment: "Thank you."
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English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in Chinese
Works in field
New Zealand
English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
NAATI Accredited, Msc Med, GDip Translat
Native in: Chinese (Variant: Simplified)
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
Chinese term (edited):
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FYI
Not sure if there is an English idiom. If not, consider the following translations:
everything is ready except the east wind. or
everything is ready; and all we need is an east wind.
everything is ready except the east wind. or
everything is ready; and all we need is an east wind.
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Francis Fine
United States
United States
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English
Works in field
United States
Native in: Chinese , English
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, German to Chinese, and 1 more.
Chinese term (edited):
���¾㱸��ֻǷ����
(We have) all things going (our) way except a prevailing wind from the east.
The story ("Battle of Chibi,"one of the best known in Chinese history and folklore and comparable -- if not better than -- to the story of the Trojan horse) behind this sentence is just too compelling and too complicated to be told here. The sentence itself can be translated. But the background story can not.
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Chinese term (edited):
���¾㱸��ֻǷ����
TRY
Just all ready except that....
you need to spell out what is lacking baed o nthe context.
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-03-10 22:42:16 GMT)
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sorry fro so many typos.
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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs 11 mins (2005-03-12 02:21:41 GMT)
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Actually 只欠东风 是这个成语中的赘语, 根本没什么含义. 全句的意思就是都准备好了, 妥当了, 就等着办了.
20年前我同事要结婚, 同事问同事你的房子装修好了吗? 同事答好了. 同事又问同事, 家具做好了吗? 同事答做好了. 同事问同事....., 同事答都好了. 同事最后说: 你是万事具备只欠东风. 意思是都准备好了就等着结了.
所以, 这个成语COMPLETELY EQUAL TO \" being read for\" :being well-prepared for\" 没必要译出欠什么.
If east wind is translated 中国人回搔头外国人会耸肩, 都是无里雾中的表现.
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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs 12 mins (2005-03-12 02:22:39 GMT)
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如坠五里雾中.
you need to spell out what is lacking baed o nthe context.
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-03-10 22:42:16 GMT)
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sorry fro so many typos.
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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs 11 mins (2005-03-12 02:21:41 GMT)
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Actually 只欠东风 是这个成语中的赘语, 根本没什么含义. 全句的意思就是都准备好了, 妥当了, 就等着办了.
20年前我同事要结婚, 同事问同事你的房子装修好了吗? 同事答好了. 同事又问同事, 家具做好了吗? 同事答做好了. 同事问同事....., 同事答都好了. 同事最后说: 你是万事具备只欠东风. 意思是都准备好了就等着结了.
所以, 这个成语COMPLETELY EQUAL TO \" being read for\" :being well-prepared for\" 没必要译出欠什么.
If east wind is translated 中国人回搔头外国人会耸肩, 都是无里雾中的表现.
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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs 12 mins (2005-03-12 02:22:39 GMT)
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如坠五里雾中.
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Chinoise
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Willey (云鹏) Chang (张)
: Just all ready except that....
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