niǎo​zhī​jiāng​sǐ​qí​míng​yě'āi

a bird's song is mournful at death's door

鸟之将死,其鸣也哀 鳥之將死,其鳴也哀 niǎo​zhī​jiāng​sǐ​qí​míng​yě'āi
a bird's song is mournful at death's door
when a bird is about to die, its cry is mournful; the first half of a proverb suggesting that a person's final words are sincere and kind

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