恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì

DEFINITIONS

  1. like a thing of the previous generation
  2. as if it were a lifetime ago

CHARACTERS

恍 huǎng
HSK 6
seemingly; absent-minded
如 rú
HSK 3
if, supposing; as if; like, as
隔 gé
HSK 5
separate, partition
世 shì
HSK 3
generation; world; era