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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">趁</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">chèn</span>) is a preposition that means to '<b>take advantage of</b>' 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>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span class="hanzist">趁</span>&#160;+ [Situation / Opportunity]</div>
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  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">趁 年轻，多 去 玩玩 吧。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">You guys should go have more fun while you're still young.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">趁 天气 好，我 要 去 野餐。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">While the weather is good, I'm going on a picnic.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">趁 老板 不 在，我们 抽 一会 儿 烟 吧。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">When the boss isn't here, we can smoke for a little while.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">趁 孩子 睡着 的 时候，我 洗 了 很 多 衣服。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">While the kids were asleep, I washed a lot of clothes.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">小偷 一定 是 趁 我 不注意 的 时候 ，把 我 的 手机 偷走 的。</span>&#160;<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>Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate (<span class="hanzi">汉语口语速成提高篇</span>) </li>

    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</span> (pp. 116) </li>
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  <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>

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    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语词典（第5版）</span>(pp. 169) </li>
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