言歸正傳，事情進展得怎麼樣了？

Joking aside, how are things going?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 言歸正傳 yánguīzhèngzhuàn
  1. to return to the topic (idiom)
  2. to get back to the main point
2 事情 shìqing affair; matter; thing; business

classifiers: 件, 樁
3 進展 jìnzhǎn to make headway; to make progress
=4 得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
=4 得 dè used in 得瑟 dèse
=4 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
=4 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
5 怎麼樣 zěnmeyàng
  1. how?
  2. how about?
  3. how was it?
  4. how are things?
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào