似曾相识 sì céng xiāng shí

seemingly familiar

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 12991st word

Definitions

  1. 1. seemingly familiar
  2. 2. déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
  3. 3. apparently already acquainted

Characters

Character Meaning
似 sì HSK 5
see 似的shì de; to seem; to appear
曾 céng HSK 5
ever (in the past); previously
相 xiāng HSK 3
each other; one another; mutually
识 shí HSK 1
to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì