yán guī zhèng zhuàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point
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Original source entry:

言歸正傳 言归正传 [yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4] /to return to the topic (idiom)/to get back to the main point/

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