<p>@daniel and @user3835327 have provided enough information on the usage of 仿佛. Your understanding of the sentence doesn't seem to be on spot. It says: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>...I have been living there for too long, just like a tree rooted to
  this land (so that we became inseparable).</p>
</blockquote>

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Wang Dingwei
<p>仿佛:    seem; as if ; just like </p>

<pre><code>Example1 : 她工作努力，仿佛不知疲倦似的。 She works hard as if she never knew fatigue .
Example2 : 无论我提议什么事，她仿佛都不愿干。She doesn't seem to want to do anything i suggest.
Example3 : 她她如此美丽，仿佛就像个天使。 She so beautiful just like an angel.
</code></pre>

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user3835327
<p>仿佛 is that you feels like, but it's not true;
一样 is that actually existed and the same.</p>

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kevin
<p>There are couple ways to use 仿佛, as well as meaning:<br>
仿佛 = <code>as if</code>, <code>seem</code> (as provided by user3835327)  </p>

<p>仿佛...一样 means <code>seems like</code>, for example:<br>
仿佛树生了根一样 - Seems like the tree has rooted there.</p>

<p>Therefore 仿佛 and 一样 can be used separately, while together they forms a sentence structure.</p>

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Alex
<p>To give context, this is the sentence:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>永远不能忘记的是北京，因为我在那里住的太久了，仿佛树生了根一样。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I am not sure how to render the last bit. I'm guessing it's saying:</p>

<ol>
<li>As if I am a tree, the roots are the same as my life, sown in from
birth;</li>
<li>I'm the same as a growing tree and its roots.</li>
</ol>

<p>Not sure if I'm picking out the right things, I'm reading 仿佛 and 一样 as separate items, or does the sentence construction 仿佛...一样 have a meaning of some kind?</p>

<p>If so, how to use it, what is the difference between saying just 仿佛，or using 仿佛...一样?</p>

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仿佛...一样 a sentence pattern, but 一样 is optional，we can also use 仿佛...一般.
Daniel Yang
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`仿佛` is seldom used in daily conversation. But if you are writing an essay it's OK to use it.
AGamePlayer
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Accidentally linked to this, I shall point that 彷彿 is the orthography, and 仿佛 is discouraged. [教育部辭典](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=04bJSh&o=e0&sec1=1&op=sid=%22Z00000036481%22.&v=-2)
Violapterin
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How to use 仿佛 properly?
# How to use 仿佛 properly?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-23)

To give context, this is the sentence:

> 永远不能忘记的是北京，因为我在那里住的太久了，仿佛树生了根一样。

I am not sure how to render the last bit. I'm guessing it's saying:

1. As if I am a tree, the roots are the same as my life, sown in from
   birth;
2. I'm the same as a growing tree and its roots.

Not sure if I'm picking out the right things, I'm reading 仿佛 and 一样 as separate items, or does the sentence construction 仿佛...一样 have a meaning of some kind?

If so, how to use it, what is the difference between saying just 仿佛，or using 仿佛...一样?

**Tags:** grammar, sentence-structure

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 仿佛...一样 a sentence pattern, but 一样 is optional，we can also use 仿佛...一般.  
> **username_2**: `仿佛` is seldom used in daily conversation. But if you are writing an essay it's OK to use it.  
> **username_3**: Accidentally linked to this, I shall point that 彷彿 is the orthography, and 仿佛 is discouraged. [教育部辭典](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=04bJSh&o=e0&sec1=1&op=sid=%22Z00000036481%22.&v=-2)  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2014-10-23. Score: 2

@username_1 and @username_5 have provided enough information on the usage of 仿佛. Your understanding of the sentence doesn't seem to be on spot. It says:

> ...I have been living there for too long, just like a tree rooted to
> this land (so that we became inseparable).


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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-10-23. Score: 2

仿佛: seem; as if ; just like

```
Example1 : 她工作努力，仿佛不知疲倦似的。 She works hard as if she never knew fatigue .
Example2 : 无论我提议什么事，她仿佛都不愿干。She doesn't seem to want to do anything i suggest.
Example3 : 她她如此美丽，仿佛就像个天使。 She so beautiful just like an angel.

```


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### Answer by username_6 on 2014-10-23. Score: 0

仿佛 is that you feels like, but it's not true;
一样 is that actually existed and the same.


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### Answer by username_7 on 2014-10-24. Score: 0

There are couple ways to use 仿佛, as well as meaning:  
仿佛 = `as if`, `seem` (as provided by username_5)

仿佛...一样 means `seems like`, for example:  
仿佛树生了根一样 - Seems like the tree has rooted there.

Therefore 仿佛 and 一样 can be used separately, while together they forms a sentence structure.


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