言归正传

yán guī zhèng zhuàn

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1. to return to the topic (idiom)
2. to get back to the main point

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Child Words of 言归正传

• 传 传 chuán: to pass on
• 传 传 zhuàn: biography
• 正 正 zhēng: first month of the lunar year
• 正 正 zhèng: straight
• 归 归 guī: to return
• 正传 正传 zhèng zhuàn: main subject of long novel
• 归正 归正 guī zhèng: to return to the right path
• 言 言 yán: words