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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_(汉语口语速成提高篇)" 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&qid=1347864370&sr=8-1&keywords=short+term+spoken+chinese%3A+pre+intermediate">→buy</a></li>
- <li><a href="现代汉语八百词（增订本）" 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&qid=1345693275&sr=8-1">→buy</a></li>
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- <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>
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- <li><a href="现代汉语词典（第5版）" 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&qid=1345693609&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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