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趁 (chèn) is a preposition that means to 'take advantage of' an opportunity or favorable time to do something. It is normally followed by an adjective or a short phrase explaining the situation that the person is seeking to take advantage of.

==Structure==

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趁 + [Situation / Opportunity]

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== Examples ==

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* <em>趁</em> 年轻，多 去 玩玩 吧。<span class="trans">You guys should go have more fun while you're still young.</span>
* <em>趁</em> 天气 好，我 要 去 野餐。<span class="trans">While the weather is good, I'm going on a picnic.</span>
* <em>趁</em> 老板 不 在，我们 抽 一会 儿 烟 吧。<span class="trans">When the boss isn't here, we can smoke for a little while.</span>
* <em>趁</em> 孩子 睡着 的 时候，我 洗 了 很 多 衣服。<span class="trans">While the kids were asleep, I washed a lot of clothes.</span>
* 小偷 一定 是 <em>趁</em> 我 不注意 的 时候 ，把 我 的 手机 偷走 的。<span class="trans">The thief must have stolen my cell phone when I wasn't paying attention.</span>

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==See also==

== Sources  and further reading ==

=== Books ===

* [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate (汉语口语速成提高篇)]] [http://www.amazon.com/Short-term-Spoken-Chinese-Pre-Intermediate-Edition/dp/7561916167/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347864370&sr=8-1&keywords=short+term+spoken+chinese%3A+pre+intermediate →buy]
* [[现代汉语八百词（增订本）]] (pp. 116) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D/dp/B001198GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693275&sr=8-1 →buy]

=== Dictionaries ===
* [[现代汉语词典（第5版）]] (pp. 169) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/dp/B001B1RZCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345693609&sr=8-1 →buy]


[[Category:B2 grammar points]]
{{Basic Grammar|趁|B2|趁⋯⋯|<em>趁</em> 老板 不 在，我们 出去 吃饭 吧。|grammar point|ASGI9PNV}}
{{Used for|Indicating conditions}}
{{Used for|Indicating cause and effect}}
{{POS|Prepositions}}