人之将死，其言也善

Traditional form:

人之將死，其言也善

Pinyin (reading):

rénzhījiāngsǐ,qíyányěshàn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 其 - his, her, its, their; that
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 也 - also, too
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind

Traditional characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 將 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 其 - his, her, its, their; that
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 也 - also, too
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind