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<p>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.</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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<p>趁 + [Situation / Opportunity]</p>
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
<li>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></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further
reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<li><a href=
"Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Pre-Intermediate_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E9%80%9F%E6%88%90%E6%8F%90%E9%AB%98%E7%AF%87)"
title="wikilink">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate
(汉语口语速成提高篇)</a> <a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/Short-term-Spoken-Chinese-Pre-Intermediate-Edition/dp/7561916167/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1347864370&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=short+term+spoken+chinese%3A+pre+intermediate">
→buy</a></li>
<li><a href=
"%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D%EF%BC%88%E5%A2%9E%E8%AE%A2%E6%9C%AC%EF%BC%89"
class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</a> (pp. 116) <a href=
"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&amp;qid=1345693275&amp;sr=8-1">
→buy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>
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<li><a href=
"%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8%EF%BC%88%E7%AC%AC5%E7%89%88%EF%BC%89"
class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语词典（第5版）</a> (pp. 169) <a href=
"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&amp;qid=1345693609&amp;sr=8-1">
→buy</a></li>
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<p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title=
"wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p>
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