| 似曾相识 |
sì céng xiāng shí |
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted |
| 似 |
shì |
used in 似的 |
| 似 |
sì |
to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than |
| 似 |
sì |
old variant of 似 |
| 曾 |
Zēng |
surname Zeng |
| 曾 |
céng |
once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾 |
zēng |
great- (grandfather, grandchild etc) |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 相识 |
xiāng shí |
to get to know each other / acquaintance |
| 识 |
shí |
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 |
zhì |
to record / to write a footnote |