No. 2,288 in Chinese
趁
To take advantage of; to seize the opportunity.
In a sentence
我们应该趁年轻多学习新事物。
We should take advantage of our youth to learn more new things.
The word '趁' is used here to indicate taking advantage of the condition of being young to perform an action beneficial in that context.
趁天气好的时候，我拍了许多照片。
I took lots of pictures while the weather was favorable.
In this sentence, '趁' means utilizing the favorable weather condition as an opportunity to carry out the action of taking pictures.
趁着假期，我去了一个很远的地方旅游。
During the holiday, I traveled to a faraway place.
Here, '趁着' expresses the idea of using the holiday period as an opportune time for traveling.
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