趁

chèn · chen

Traditional 趂

Meaning

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chèn 趁

  1. to avail oneself of
  2. to take advantage of

chèn 趂

  1. old variant of 趁 (chèn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

趁(chèn)还(hái)有(yǒu)太(tài)阳(yáng)的(de)时(shí)候(hou),我(wǒ)该(gāi)洗(xǐ)衣(yī)服(fu)。

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

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

一(yí)个(gè)入(rù)室(shì)盗(dào)窃(qiè)者(zhě)趁(chèn)我(wǒ)去(qù)旅(lǚ)游(yóu)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)闯(chuǎng)入(rù)了(le)我(wǒ)家(jiā)。

A burglar broke into my house while I was away on a trip.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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