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title: "趁 + time or state in Chinese Grammar: While …, With Examples"
description: "趁 + time or state: while …; take advantage of …. 趁 A (趁热, 趁年轻, 趁机会): do it while A lasts. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 趁 + time or state

While …; take advantage of …

趁 A (趁热, 趁年轻, 趁机会): do it while A lasts.

## In stories

一天，**趁后羿出去打猎**，这个徒弟拿着剑闯进屋里，逼嫦娥交出仙药。

[嫦娥奔月 · The legend of Chang’e](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/legend-of-chang-e-mid-autumn-festival-story#library-word-291-298) HSK 6

大圣拍手笑道：“**趁老君不在**，我且吃他几丸尝尝新！”

[大闹天宫 · Havoc in Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-7#library-word-434-439)

众人道：“**趁此良时**，你演一演，让我们看看。”

[七十二变 · Seventy-Two Changes](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/seventy-two-changes-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-3#library-word-502-506)

他**趁乱打开兵器**库，将刀枪剑戟尽数搬回山中。

[龙宫借宝 · The Dragon King’s Treasure](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-dragon-kings-treasure-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-4#library-word-345-351)

[Read 嫦娥奔月](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/legend-of-chang-e-mid-autumn-festival-story#library-word-291-298)

## More patterns

- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)
- [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)

## What does 趁 + time or state mean in Chinese?

While …; take advantage of …. 趁 A (趁热, 趁年轻, 趁机会): do it while A lasts.

## How common is 趁 + time or state?

It comes up in 4 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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