隔世

separated by a generation / a lifetime ago

Characters and words in 隔世

to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of

= + : The pope (阝) and Guy Fawkes (g) are heating hotpot from an iron cauldron (鬲) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). Since Guy Fawkes likes to eat hot and spicy but the pope only eats light food, they separated (隔) the hotpot accordingly.
surname Shi
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

= 廿 + L : Mnemonic symbol: the WTO or WHO.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is cleaning a flower pot (廿) under the shower of the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a loofah (L) because he didn't quite understand a poster next to the shower from the WHO (世) explaining dangers arising from different germs.

In this case, L is for loofah.

Words with 隔世

like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago
see 恍如隔世[huang3 ru2 ge2 shi4]

Sentences with 隔世

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