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HSK
7-9

take advantage

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chen4 chèn

Meaning


Primary

take advantage

Alternatives

takes advantage, taking advantage, take advantage of

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)n] infirmary where he is being treated for his depression. The doctor has told him he must 走 walk back in forth in the bathroom to cure himself. He 趁 takes advantage this time to use the tip of an umbrella to pick up stray strands of 彡 hair that lie along the tile floor, which have been bothering him. He is sick of the doctors 趁 taking advantage of him and making him do weird treatments.