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似曾相识

sì céng xiāng shí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 似曾相識

似曾相识 (sì céng xiāng shí) means "déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acqu". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 似曾相识 means

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

The characters in 似曾相识

• 似sìto seem; to appear; to resemble
• 曾céngonce; already; ever (in the past)
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì

Example sentences

• 这看起来似曾相识。
  Zhè kànqǐlai sìcéngxiāngshí.
  It seems so familiar.

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