人之将死,其言也善 rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)

CHARACTERS

人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
将 jiāng will, going to, future; general
死 sǐ die; dead; death
其 qí his, her, its, their; that
言 yán words, speech; speak, say
也 yě also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
善 shàn good, virtuous, charitable, kind