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

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
将 jiāng HSK 4
will; shall
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
其 qí HSK 3
its; their; it (refers to sth preceding it)
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
也 yě HSK 2
also; too; surname Ye
善 shàn HSK 5
good (virtuous); good at sth; benevolent