恍若隔世 huǎngruògéshì as if a lifetime has passed Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 恍若 huǎngruò adverb as if as if; as though; rather like隔 gé preposition at an interval of to be separated by a certain amount of distance or time; after a period of time; at a distance of世 shì nounnumeral generation (bound form) a generation; a period of thirty years