彌留之際

on one's deathbed / at the point of death

full / to fill / completely / more

seriously ill and about to die

old variant of 留[liu2]

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

old variant of 留[liu2]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

during / at the time of

border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances)