恍如隔世 huǎngrúgéshì as if a lifetime ago Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 恍如 huǎngrú to be as if to be as if; to be rather like隔世 géshì separated by a generation separated by an era or a lifetime; describing a feeling of great change or being in another world after a long period of time