勇气是一个奇怪的东西:没有任何人对它有把握

Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 勇气 yǒng courage
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3 一个 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=3 一个
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
4 奇怪 guài
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. to marvel
  4. to be baffled
=5 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 东西 dōng east and west
=6 东西 dōngxi
  1. thing
  2. stuff
  3. person

classifiers: ,

7 没有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
8 任何人 rènrén anyone
9 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
=10 it
=10 it (pronoun for an animal)
=10 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=10 only used in 它它
11 有把握 yǒu confident of success; certain; definite