KRISTINA PAN


Rice University | Class of 2028
B.A. Business Management & Visual Arts



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CV
Chinese Phrases English Cannot Express
Date
Medium
Tools March 2025
Web, Print
HTML · CSS · Adobe Illustrator  Growing up between Mandarin and English, I noticed something that bothered me in the best way. There are words in Chinese that English can technically translate, but never quite capture. The meaning isn't in the definition. It's in the feeling of already knowing it.


This website is a collection of those words. Phrases that carry cultural weight, emotional texture, and lived experience that get lost the moment you try to explain them. Not because they're complex, but because some things only make sense when you've felt them first.



缘分 yuánfèn · 撒娇 sājiāo · 差不多 chàbuduō · 热闹 rènao · 将就 jiāngjiu · 辛苦 xīnkǔ · 发呆 fādāi· 随缘 suíyuán














currently: drinking tea / open to work / in Houston