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正传

zhèng zhuàn

2-character word Traditional 正傳

What 正传 means

1. main subject of long novel
2. true biography

The characters in 正传

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit

Example sentences

• 言归正传，事情进展得怎么样了？
  Yánguīzhèngzhuàn, shìqing jìnzhǎn de zěnmeyàng le?
  Joking aside, how are things going?

Words containing 正传

• 言归正传yán guī zhèng zhuànto return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point
• 阿甘正传Ā gān Zhèng zhuànForrest Gump
• 阿Q正传Ā Q Zhèng zhuànThe True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 鲁迅