恍若隔世
huǎng​ruò​gé​shì

as if a lifetime has passed

  • created reference approved 恍若隔世 → 恍如隔世 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恍若隔世 huǎng​ruò​gé​shì

    恍如隔世 huǎng​rú​gé​shì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 恍若隔世 · huǎng​ruò​gé​shì · as if a lifetime has passed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恍若隔世

    huǎng​ruò​gé​shì

    as if a lifetime has passed

    To feel as if one is in a different world or that an entire lifetime has passed due to great changes over time; like a thing of the previous generation.

    恍若 (literal) → 恍若 · huǎng​ruò · as if 隔 (literal) → 隔 · gé · at an interval of 世 (bound) → 世 · shì · generation

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense