shū​guī​zhèng​zhuàn

to return to the main point

  • created reference approved 书归正传/書歸正傳 → 言归正传/言歸正傳 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书归正传 / 書歸正傳 shū​guī​zhèng​zhuàn

    言归正传 / 言歸正傳 yán​guī​zhèng​zhuàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 书归正传/書歸正傳 · shū​guī​zhèng​zhuàn · to return to the main point — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书归正传 / 書歸正傳

    shū​guī​zhèng​zhuàn

    to return to the main point

    To return to the main story or theme; commonly used as a transition in storytelling to signal getting back to the topic after a detour.

    书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · storytelling 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to return 正传 (literal) → 正传/正傳 · zhèng​zhuàn · main subject

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense