Translation

• old variant of 趁[chen4]

Synonyms

• 乘, 乘兴, 乘势, 乘机, 乘胜, 乘隙, 冲着, 就, 就势, 打铁趁热, 趁早, 趁机, 趁热打铁, 趁着, 迨, 随着

Examples

• 打铁趁热。
  Strike while the iron is hot.
• 应该趁年轻多读点书。
  You should read many books when you are young.
• 犯人趁着夜晚逃走了。
  The prisoner escaped under cover of night.
• 是谁趁我不在的时候看我的日记？
  Who was it that read my diary while I was out?
• 他们趁炸弹还没有爆炸的时候就把它拆掉了。
  They defused the bomb before it could blow up.