Word Meaning 問うは一度の恥、問わぬは末代の恥
とうはいちどのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじ
touhaichidonohajitowanuhamatsudainohaji
問うは一度の恥、問わぬは末代の恥 is read as とうはいちどのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじ (touhaichidonohajitowanuhamatsudainohaji) and means better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know.
Meaning
English
- better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Reading
Kana
とうはいちどのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじ
Romaji
touhaichidonohajitowanuhamatsudainohaji
Writing Variants
- 問うは一度の恥問わぬは末代の恥 とうはいちどのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじ touhaichido no hajitowanuhamatsudai no haji
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥
きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
一国二制度
いっこくにせいど
one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for areas such as Hong Kong to maintain their own economic and administrative systems)