恍如隔世

Traditional form:

恍如隔世

Pinyin (reading):

huǎngrúgéshì

Definitions:

• like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago

Characters:

• 恍 - absent-minded; distracted; indistinct; seemingly
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 隔 - to separate, to partition, to divide
• 世 - generation, era, age; world

Traditional characters:

• 恍 - absent-minded; distracted; indistinct; seemingly
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 隔 - to separate, to partition, to divide
• 世 - generation, era, age; world