把握(bǎ wò): to grasp (also fig.)

Watch how each character of 把握 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 把握 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 买房要量力而行，但也要把握时机。

  mǎi fáng yào liàng lì ér xíng dàn yě yào bǎ wò shí jī

  One needs to buy a house that's within one's means, but one also needs to grasp an opportunity.

• 勇气是一个奇怪的东西：没有任何人对它有把握

  yǒng qì shì yī gè qí guài de dōng xī méi yǒu rèn hé rén duì tā yǒu bǎ wò

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