临终

lín zhōng · lin zhong

Traditional 臨終

Meaning

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  1. approaching one's end
  2. with one foot in the grave

In a sentence

2 examples
01

老(lǎo)人(rén)临(lín)终(zhōng)前(qián)把(bǎ)家(jiā)人(rén)叫(jiào)到(dào)床(chuáng)边(biān)。

Before passing away, the old man called his family to his bedside.

02

他(tā)在(zài)临(lín)终(zhōng)时(shí)仍(réng)然(rán)惦(diàn)记(jì)着(zhe)远(yuǎn)方(fāng)的(de)女(nǚ)儿(ér)。

At the end of his life, he was still thinking about his daughter far away.

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