言归正传 — Chinese idiom
言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn
Traditional: 言歸正傳
Meaning
- to return to the topic
- to get back to the main point
Character by character
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- 传zhuànto pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 一言不合 yī yán bù hé
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 三言两句 sān yán liǎng jù
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