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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
只欠东风
all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 只欠东风 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 只欠东风.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 只欠东风.
Directly before
- 万事俱备只欠东风1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 只欠东风
What does 只欠东风 mean in Chinese?
只欠东风 (zhǐqiàndōngfēng) means all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item.
How do you pronounce 只欠东风?
只欠东风 is pronounced zhǐqiàndōngfēng.
Is 只欠东风 an HSK word?
只欠东风 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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