粵

似ci5曾cang4相soeng1識sik1

simp似曾相识
ci5 cang4 soeng1 sik1sì céng xiāng shí

English

  1. déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
  2. seem to have seen before; déjà vu
  3. seemingly familiar
  4. apparently already acquainted

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好似見過

Examples

  • 呢幅畫似曾相識噉喎,你喺邊度買㗎?

    I seem to have seen this drawing before, where did you buy it?

  • 这看起来似曾相识。

    It seems so familiar.

    Tatoeba · chowhak CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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