恍若隔世

see 恍如隔世[huang3 ru2 ge2 shi4]

variant of 恍[huang3]

disappointed / flurried / indistinct

as if / as though / rather like

to seem / like / as / if

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

separated by a generation / a lifetime ago

surname Shi

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble