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chèn

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chèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chèn | chen4
English translation
to avail oneself of
to take advantage of
old variant of chèn [chèn]
to take advantage of, to seize an opportunity

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About chèn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

chèn

Contains the radical

zǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of chèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

走㐱

Semantic compound

zǒu

Phonetic compound

zhěn

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Example sentences using chèn

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shài cǎo chèn tiān qíng .

It is good to make hay while the sun shines.

他们 tā men chèn Hēi 闯进 chuǎng jìn le 我们 wǒmen de 房子 fáng zi .

They broke into our house under cloud of night.

chèn rén 注意 zhùyì liū jìn 房间 fángjiān .

She slid into the room.

咱们 zámen dào 水池 shuǐ chí tāng ,趁着月光 yuè guāng zuò 一番探索 tànsuǒ .

We'll go over to that cistern and case it by moonlight.

chèn 天气 tiānqì hǎo ,咱们 zámen 骑马 qí mǎ dào 山上 Shān shàng .

Let's ride out to the mountains while the weather is good.

Words with chèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chèn to avail oneself of chèn
趁机 chèn jī to seize an opportunity趁機
趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible趁早 chèn zǎo
趁热打铁 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot趁熱打鐵
趁势 chèn shì to seize an opportunity趁勢
趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié
趁便 chèn biàn in passing趁便 chèn biàn
趁心 chèn xīn satisfactory趁心 chèn xīn
趁钱 chèn qián (coll.) rich趁錢

chèn Decomposition & Compounds

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chèn Decomposition

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