chèn

to avail oneself of

to take advantage of; old variant of 趁[chen4]

move (走) + sound (㐱) = seize the moment while you can

走 grounds the character in movement and action — you step into an opportunity the moment it appears. 㐱 contributes the sound chèn and carries no semantic weight here.

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你要现在好好学习。

nǐ yào chèn xiàn zài hǎo hǎo xué xí。

You should take advantage of the present time to study well.

我们天还没黑快点走吧。

wǒ men chèn tiān hái méi hēi kuài diǎn zǒu ba。

Let's take advantage of the sky not being dark yet and hurry along.

Words with 趁

打铁趁热

dǎ tiě chèn rè

strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)

趁人之危

chèn rén zhī wēi

to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)

趁便

chèn biàn

to take the opportunity

趁势

chèn shì

to take advantage of a favorable situation

趁心

chèn xīn

variant of 稱心|称心[chen4 xin1]

趁手

chèn shǒu

conveniently; without extra trouble

趁早

chèn zǎo

as soon as possible

趁早儿

chèn zǎo r

erhua variant of 趁早[chen4 zao3]

趁机

chèn jī

to seize an opportunity

趁火打劫

chèn huǒ dǎ jié

lit. to loot a burning house (idiom)

趁热

chèn rè

while it's still hot

趁热打铁

chèn rè dǎ tiě

to strike while the iron is hot

More characters with 走