言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn
back to the point; anyway, back to business
Character by character
言yán
talk
talk
归guī
return
return
正zhèng
main
main
传zhuàn
story
story
Example
好了，玩笑开完了，咱们言归正传。
Right, enough joking. Let's get back to business.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
From storytellers returning to the main tale (正传). 传 is zhuàn here, not chuán.
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