人之將死，其言也善

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

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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

will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

to desire / to invite / to request

(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)

words / speech / to say / to talk

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect