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Chinese
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man; person; people
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's; him/her/it; this
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a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
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his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word |
also; too
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good
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人
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之
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將
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死
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其
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言
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也
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善
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| simp. (人之将死，其言也善)
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人
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之
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将
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死
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其
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言
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也
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善
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Etymology
From the Analects, Book 8 (《論語·泰伯》):
「曾子有疾，孟敬子問之。曾子言曰：『鳥之將死，其鳴也哀；人之將死，其言也善。』」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
「曾子有疾，孟敬子问之。曾子言曰：『鸟之将死，其鸣也哀；人之将死，其言也善。』」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- “Zēngzǐ yǒu jí, Mèng Jìng Zǐ wèn zhī. Zēngzǐ yán yuē: ‘Niǎo zhī jiāng sǐ, qí míng yě āi; rén zhī jiāng sǐ, qí yán yě shàn.’”
- The philosopher Zeng being ill, Meng Jing went to ask how he was. Zeng said to him, "When a bird is about to die, its notes are mournful; when a man is about to die, his words are good."
Pronunciation
Proverb
人之將死，其言也善
- A person's words are kind when death is near.