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  • v.digress from the subject; stray from the point

    • tā shuō zhe jiù lí tí le

      说着离题

      He departed from the subject as he spoke.

    • fā yán qǐng bù yào lí tí

      发言离题

      Please keep to the subject.

    • lí tí wàn lǐ

      离题

      get nowhere near the point

    • nǐ de cāi cè lí tí tài yuǎn

      猜测离题

      Your guess is all abroad.

    • dǎ duàn lí tí de huà yǔ

      打断离题话语

      cut short a digression

    • qǐng nǐ bù yào lí tí

      离题

      Please keep yourself to the point.

    • wǒ men zhī jiān de tán huà lí tí tài yuǎn

      我们谈话离题

      Our talks have strayed too far from the topic.

    • wǒ wǎng wǎng huì bèi nà xiē bù zhuó biān jì de lí tí wèn tí nòng de xīn fán yì luàn

      往往那些不着边际离题问题心烦意乱

      I tend to get distracted and go off on all sorts of digressions.

    • tán huà hěn kě néng lí tí ér shè jí jìn zhǐ tǎo lùn de lǐng yù

      谈话可能离题涉及禁止讨论领域

      The conversation was in danger of wandering into forbidden territory.

Word usage

  • "离" and "题" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 已经

      He has digressed from the subject.

    • 会议什么时候

      When did the meeting digress from its subject?

    • 我们

      Let's digress from the subject.