恍如隔世
huǎng rú gé shì
Pinyin

Definition

恍如隔世
 - 
huǎng rú gé shì
  1. like a thing of the previous generation
  2. as if it were a lifetime ago

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

世界
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
乱世
luàn shì
  1. 1 the world in chaos
  2. 2 troubled times
  3. 3 (in Buddhism) the mortal world
如
rú
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome