临死 (lín sǐ) — to be on one's deathbed / to be dying

Definition

Examples

• 他临死前留下了一句遗言。
  Tā lín sǐ qián liú xià le yí jù yí yán.
  He left a final word before dying.
• 老人临死时紧紧握着孩子的手。
  Lǎo rén lín sǐ shí jǐn jǐn wò zhe hái zi de shǒu.
  The old man held the child's hand tightly on his deathbed.
• 小说男主角在临死之际说出了真相。
  Xiǎo shuō nán zhǔ jué zài lín sǐ zhī jì shuō chū le zhēn xiàng.
  The male protagonist of the novel revealed the truth on the verge of death.