Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 趁

趁

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to take advantage of, to seize an opportunity

chèn

Left: to walk/go 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: eczema 㐱 (person 人 with skin rash 彡, like measles 疹)

To walk is, when having eczema of advantage.

走	run
㐱	Person with points	(similar to: measles 疹 - Strokes are, because it was hard to draw points using a brush.)

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趁机	chèn jī	seize an opportunity; take advantage of situation
趁早	chèn zǎo	as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
趁火打劫	chèn huǒ dǎ jié	to loot a burning house; to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)

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