tā / zhī / dào / zì / jǐ / shòu / mìng / bù / cháng / biàn / bǎ / wèi / wán / chéng / de / gōng / zuò / jiāo / gěi / le / tóng / shì

他知道自己寿命不长，便把未完成的工作交给了同事。

Knowing he did not have long to live, he handed his unfinished work to a colleague.