似曾相識

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

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 似 sì
  1. to seem
  2. to appear
  3. to resemble
  4. similar
  5. -like
  6. pseudo-
  7. (more) than
=1 似 sì old variant of 似 sì
2 曾 céng
  1. once
  2. already
  3. ever (in the past)
  4. former
  5. previously
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
3 相識 xiāngshí
  1. to get to know each other
  2. acquaintance