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趁机

chèn jī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 趁機

趁机 (chèn jī) means "to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 趁机 means

1. to seize an opportunity

The characters in 趁机

• 趁chènto avail oneself of; to take advantage of
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Example sentences

• 因为今天明天我休息，所以趁机会快点搬好它。
  Yīnwèi jīntiān míngtiān wǒ xiūxi, suǒyǐ chèn jīhuì kuài diǎn bān hǎo tā.
  I don't have to go to work today and tomorrow, so I will use the opportunity to quickly finish moving it.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chèn jī correctly.
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