to strike while the iron is hot; to immediately seize an opportunity
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
趁热打铁
趁熱打鐵
chèn rè dǎ tiě
to strike while the iron is hot
Mandarin
后来百年已度尽了,正月十三的尔麦里已经快成了农人的习惯,娃娃们趁热闹吃嘴的机会。
後來百年已度盡了,正月十三的爾麥裏已經快成了農人的習慣,娃娃們趁熱鬧吃嘴的機會。
hòu lái bǎi nián yǐ dù jìn le , zhēng yuè shí sān de ěr mài lǐ yǐ jīng kuài chéng le nóng rén de xí guàn , wá wa men chèn rè nao chī zuǐ de jī huì .
After a hundred years have passed, the ermaili of the thirteenth day of the first month has quickly become a habit of the farmers, a chance for children to join in on the fun and food.