趁

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 应该趁年轻多读点书。

  Yīng gāi chèn nián qīng duō dú diǎn shū

  You should read a lot of books while you're young.

• 年轻人，要趁着年轻过得愉快！

  Nián qīng rén yào chèn zhe nián qīng guò dé yú kuài

  Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young!

• 犯人趁着夜晚逃走了。

  Fàn rén chèn zhe yè wǎn táo zǒu le

  The prisoner escaped under cover of night.

• 趁还有太阳的时候，我该洗衣服。

  Chèn hái yǒu tài yang de shí hou wǒ gāi xǐ yī fú

  I have to do laundry while it's still sunny.

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Words containing 趁

• 趁chèn 4to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
• 趁着chènzhe 4while
• 趁机chèn jī 4–1 to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation
• 趁早chèn zǎo 4–3 as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late