Learn Chinese - 万事俱备 只欠东风 - All is Ready, We Just Need an East Wind
万 wan 事 shi 俱 ju 备 bei 只 zhi 欠 qian 东 dong 风 feng - All is ready, we just need an east wind.
A emperor was tricked into linking all the boats in his naval fleet before launching an attack.
At a critical time when the emperor thought his enemy was coming to surrender he learned that it was the east wind that brought them to attack instead.
The enemy set fire to the boats and they all burned because they were linked together.
The phrase came to mean all is ready in a certain situation except the must crucial elements.
Kind of like being ready to start a company without any capital, eh?
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