- 言归正传
- yánguīzhèngzhuànto come back to our story; to return to the subject* * *get to business; joking apart; to return to the subjectto return to one's muttons* * *get to business; joking apart; to return to one's muttons* * *yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4to return to the main topic (idiom); back to business, to finish a digression and get back to the main subject, retournons à nos moutons* * *言归正传yán guī zhèng zhuànhark back to the subject; and now to be serious; come back to our story; come to business; get back to the “true story”; jesting (joking) apart; lead the conversation to serious things; return from the (a) digression; resume the thread of one's discourse; return to one's muttons (the subject); revert to the original topic of conversation* * *言歸正傳|言归正传 [yán guī zhèng zhuàn] ► to return to the main topic (idiom); back to business ► to finish a digression and get back to the main subject ► retournons à nos moutons
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.